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What does the word account mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To consider; estimate; count; compute.

Part of speech: verb

To answer ( to a person for a thing).

Part of speech: verb

To explain; followed by for.

Part of speech: noun

A reckoning; computation; record; statement; description; notice.

Part of speech: noun

An explanation.

Part of speech: noun

Importance; consideration.

Usage examples for account

" I didn't lay my account with this sort of thing when I set out," said Winthrop. – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
I came because I felt I must- on somebody's account, if not yours. – The Port of Adventure by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
Is it only on Dick's account? – Johnstone of the Border by Harold Bindloss