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account

n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.]1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. ()

A beggarly account of empty boxes. (Shak.)

2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank. ()

3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. ()

4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. (Howell.)

5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. ()

Give an account of thy stewardship. (Luke xvi. 2.)

6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. (Shak.)

7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. ()

Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. -- In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. -- On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. -- On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf. -- To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. [1913 Webster] -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. Of their doings, God takes no account. Milton. -- A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell. ()

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v. t. [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See Count, v. t.] ()

1. To reckon; to compute; to count. ()

The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. (Sir T. Browne.)

2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. (Clarendon.)

3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. ()

Accounting that God was able to raise him up. (Heb. xi. 19.)

4. To recount; to relate. (Chaucer.)

v. i. 1. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. ()

2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. ()

3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. ()

To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. I account of her beauty. Shak. ()

Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. (Canon Robinson.)