account : Idioms & Phrases

• (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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• noun a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
  book; account book; leger; ledger.
  
  • they got a subpoena to examine our books

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1. A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.

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• a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account.

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• noun someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
  customer's man; customer's broker; account executive; registered representative.
  

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• verb be the reason or explanation for
  
  • The recession accounts for the slow retail business
• verb give reasons for
  
  • Can you account for all these absences?

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• noun a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
  payable.
  
  • the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency

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• noun someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
  customer's man; customer's broker; account executive; registered representative.
  

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• noun a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
  accounting; account.
  
  • they send me an accounting every month

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• noun all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable
  

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• noun a written record of a commercial transaction
  entry; ledger entry.
  

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• noun a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee
  

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• noun a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions
  accounting principle.
  

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• noun a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions
  accounting principle.
  

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• noun a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
  accounting system; accounting.
  

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• noun a debtor's accounts of money he owes; normally arise from the purchase of products or services
  

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• noun a creditor's accounts of money owed to him; normally arise from the sale of products or services
  

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• noun a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
  valuation reserve; allowance account; allowance.
  

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• noun an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
  audit.
  

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• noun a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals
  
  • he moved his bank account to a new bank

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• an account or register of debt or credit in a book.

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• noun a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
  book; account book; leger; ledger.
  
  • they got a subpoena to examine our books

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• noun a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage
  
  • you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000

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• noun (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities
  
• noun (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date
  

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• noun an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis
  

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• (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand.

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• noun credit extended by a business to a customer
  credit account; charge account.
  

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• noun a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
  revolving credit; open-end credit.
  

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• noun a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
  chequing account; checking account.
  

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• noun a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
  chequing account; checking account.
  

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• noun an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger
  

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• noun keeping account of the costs of items in production
  

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• noun credit extended by a business to a customer
  credit account; charge account.
  

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• noun that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
  
• noun a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
  chequing account; checking account.
  

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• noun a brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minor
  

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• noun a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest
  deposit account.
  

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• noun a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period
  
  • the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws

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• noun an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses
  expense account.
  

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• (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. Humorous Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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• noun a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures
  GAAP.
  

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• noun an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank
  

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• noun an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
  GAO; Government Accounting Office.
  

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• in a relation requiring an account to be kept.

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• noun a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred
  IRA.
  

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• noun accounting that controls and evaluates inventory
  

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• noun an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit
  

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• noun a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
  accounting system; accounting.
  

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• a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e.g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin.

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• noun an idle worthless person
  goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well.
  
• adjective satellite without merit
  no-good; meritless; good-for-naught; no-count; sorry; good-for-nothing.
  
  • a sorry horse
  • a sorry excuse
  • a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
  • the car was a no-good piece of junk

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• for the sake of; by reason of; because of.

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• for one's own interest or behalf.

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• noun credit extended by a business to a customer
  credit account; charge account.
  
• noun an unpaid credit order
  

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• noun a savings account in which deposits and withdrawals are recorded in the depositor's passbook
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; retirement savings plan; pension account; retirement plan.
  

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• noun an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
  profit and loss.
  

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• noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
  reserve fund.
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; retirement savings plan; pension account; retirement plan.
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; retirement savings plan; pension account; retirement plan.
  

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• noun a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance
  

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• noun a bank account that accumulates interest
  

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• noun a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary
  Totten trust; savings account trust; trust account; savings bank trust.
  

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• noun a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)
  
• noun the aggregate of short sales on an open market
  

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• (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn.

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• noun an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification
  

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• (Bookkeeping), an account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.

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• verb be fully aware of; realize fully
  appreciate.
  
  • Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?

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• verb allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
  allow.
  
  • I allow for this possibility
  • The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash

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• noun a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  framework; model.
  
  • the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems

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• noun a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest
  deposit account.
  

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• to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. "I account of her beauty."

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• to demand explanation of.

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• to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. Obs.

  s other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton.

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• to esteem; to regard.
• to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty.

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• to balance it.

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• to take into consideration; to notice.

  "Of their doings, God takes no account." Milton

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• to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while.

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• noun an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses
  expense account.
  

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• noun a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary
  Totten trust; savings account trust; trust account; savings bank trust.
  

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• noun a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary
  Totten trust; savings account trust; trust account; savings bank trust.
  

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• noun an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
  GAO; Government Accounting Office.
  

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• noun a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
  valuation reserve; allowance account; allowance.
  

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• etc. See under Account, Capias, etc.

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• noun a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
  written record.
  

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