[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

account \account"\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for;
      as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
      1913 webster

   3. to give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to
      explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
      1913 webster

   to account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. now used only
      in the passive. "i account of her beauty." --shak.
      1913 webster

            newer was preaching more accounted of than in the
            sixteenth century.                    --canon
                                                  robinson.
      1913 webster
see also:
to account of 

Account >> A Words
Account, definition of term: Account
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Account Payable >> A Words
Account Payable, definition of term: Account Payable
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Account For >> A Words
Account For, definition of term: Account For
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Open Account >> O Words
Open Account, definition of term: Open Account
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Margin Account >> M Words
Margin Account, definition of term: Margin Account
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Capital Account >> C Words
Capital Account, definition of term: Capital Account
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Current Account >> C Words
Current Account, definition of term: Current Account
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Bank Account >> B Words
Bank Account, definition of term: Bank Account
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On Account Of >> O Words
On Account Of, definition of term: On Account Of
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