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Webster 1913 Edition
Account
Ac-count′
,Noun.
1.
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning;
as, the Julian
. account
of timeA beggarly
account
of empty boxes. Shakespeare
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 bank3.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event;
as, no satisfactory
. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; account
has been given of these phenomenaas, 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;
“A laudable account of the city of London.” as, an
. account
of a battleHowell.
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.
“To stand high in your account.” Shak.
7.
Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
“Men of account.” Pope.
“To turn to account.” Shak.
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.]
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.
To make account of
, to hold in estimation; to esteem;
– as, he
. makes
small account of
beautyTo 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.
Syn. – Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal.
– Account
, Narrative
, Narration
, Recital
. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account
turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account
of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative
is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative
of the events of a siege, a narrative
of one's life, etc. Narration
is usually the same as narrative
, but is sometimes used to describe the mode
of relating events; as, his powers of narration
are uncommonly great. Recital
denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital
of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc. Ac-count′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accounted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Accounting
.] [OE. ]
acounten
, accompten
, OF. aconter
, à
(L. ad
) + conter
to count. F. conter
to tell, compter
to count, L. computare
. See Count
, Verb.
T.
1.
To reckon; to compute; to count.
[Obs.]
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.
[R.]
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.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ac-count′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars;
as, an officer must
. account
with or to the treasurer for money received2.
To render an account; to answer in judgment; – with for;
as, we must
. account
for the use of our opportunities3.
To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; – with for;
as, idleness
. accounts
for povertyTo 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Account
ACCOUNT'
, n.1.
A sum stated on paper; a registry of a debt or credit; of debts and credits, or charges; an entry in a book or on paper of things bought or sold, of payments, services &c., including the names of the parties to the transaction, date, and price or value of the thing.Account signifies a single entry or charge, or a statement of a number of particular debts and credits, in a book or on a separate paper; and in the plural, is used for the books containing such entries.
2.
A computation of debts and credits, or a general statement of particular sums; as, the account stands thus; let him exhibit his account.3.
A computation or mode of reckoning; applied to other things, than money or trade; as the Julian account of time.4.
Narrative; relation; statement of facts; recital of particular transactions and events, verbal or written; as an account of the revolution in France. Hence,5.
An assignment of reasons; explanation by a recital of particular transactions, given by a person in an employment, or to a superior, often implying responsibility.Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke, 16.
Without responsibility or obligation.
He giveth not account of his matters. Job, 33.
6.
Reason or consideration, as a motive; as on all accounts, on every account.7.
Value; importance; estimation; that is, such a state of persons or things, as renders them worthy of more or less estimation; as men of account of him. Ps. 144.8.
Profit; advantage; that is, a result or production worthy of estimation. To find our account in a pursuit; to turn to account.9.
Regard; behalf; sake; a sense deduced from charges on book; as on account of public affairs.Put that to mine account. Philem. 18.
To make account, that is, to have a pervious opinion or expectation, is a sense now obsolete.
A writ of account, in law, is a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant should render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; call also an action of account.