account

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈkaʊnt/ Rhymes: -aʊnt Hyphenation: ac‧count === Etymology 1 === From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”). ==== Noun ==== account (plural accounts) (accounting) 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. [from c. 1300] (banking) A bank account. 1910, Journal of the American Bankers Association Vol. XI, No. 1, American Bankers Association, page 3: The Pueblo bank has advised that the operator opened an account at that bank with currency, and a few days later withdrew the amount. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done. Synonyms: accounting, explanation A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake. A record of events; a relation or narrative. [from c. 1610] Synonyms: narrative, narration, relation, recital, report, description, explanation An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement. Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system. Synonyms: membership, registration Meronym: username (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning. (uncountable) Profit; advantage. ===== Usage notes ===== Abbreviations: (business): A/C, a/c, acct., acc. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Bulgarian: ака́унт (akáunt) → Japanese: アカウント (akaunto) → Malay: akaun → Pohnpeian: akaund → Russian: аккаунт (akkaunt) → Swahili: akaunti ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count. ==== Verb ==== account (third-person singular simple present accounts, present participle accounting, simple past and past participle accounted) To provide explanation. (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th–17th c.] (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. [from 14th c.] (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described). [from 14th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deem (intransitive) To consider that. [from 14th c.] (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. [from 15th c.] (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To establish the location for someone. [from 19th c.] (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). [from 19th c.] To count. (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.] (obsolete) To count (up), enumerate. [14th–17th c.] (obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). [14th–16th c.] Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== accountable accountant ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === account on Wikipedia.Wikipedia account (bookkeeping) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “account”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “account”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Chinese == === Etymology 1 === From English account. Doublet of AC. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== account (Hong Kong Cantonese) bank account (Hong Kong Cantonese) account that is used for accessing Internet services ===== Alternative forms ===== (account for accessing Internet services): acc ===== Related terms ===== AC === Etymology 2 === From clipping of English accounting. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== account (Hong Kong Cantonese) accounting; accounting industry; accountant === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English account. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈkɑu̯nt/ Hyphenation: ac‧count === Noun === account n or m (plural accounts, diminutive accountje n) a subscription to an electronic service (business) a B2B-customer ==== Usage notes ==== In Flanders, the word can be both masculine (more common) and neuter (less common). In the Netherlands, it can only be neuter. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== accountant ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: akun == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English account. Doublet of conto. === Noun === account m (invariable) (computing) account Synonym: conto === Further reading === account in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Scots == === Noun === account alternative form of accoont === References === “account, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.