ac·count /əˈkaʊnt/
 帳目,報告,估計,原因,利潤,算賬,記錄(vi.)解釋,認為,占,解決,得分
 account
 帳戶; 科目; 會計; 帳款; 計算 A/C
 account
 帳戶 科目 會計 帳款 計算
 Ac·count n.
 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
    A beggarly account of empty boxes.   --Shak.
 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 bank.
 3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, 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; as, an account of a battle. “A laudable account of the city of London.”
 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.”
 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 beauty.
 To 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.
 Usage: 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, 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.
 2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
 3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
 To 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.
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 Ac·count v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accounting.]
 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.]
 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.]
 account
      n 1: a formal contractual relationship established to provide for
           regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he
           asked to see the executive who handled his account"
           [syn: business relationship]
      2: the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports
         that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they
         were a happy couple" [syn: report]
      3: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history
         of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to
         kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn:
          history, chronicle, story]
      4: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech";
         "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of
         his speech that was given on the evening news made the
         governor furious" [syn: report, news report, story,
         write up]
      5: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting
         balance; "they send me an accounting every month" [syn: accounting,
          account statement]
      6: a statement that makes something comprehensible by
         describing the relevant structure or operation or
         circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I
         expected a brief account" [syn: explanation]
      7: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or
         services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me
         an account of what I owe" [syn: bill, invoice]
      8: grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was
         rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the
         victim but his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score]
      9: importance or value; "a person of considerable account"; "he
         predicted that although it is of small account now it will
         rapidly increase in importance"
      10: the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing
          skills to good account"
      v 1: be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition,
           supply, or disposal of something; "Passing grades
           account for half of the grades given in this exam"
      2: keep an account of [syn: calculate]
      3: to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet
         Italian police described it in a manner typically
         continental" [syn: report, describe]
      4: furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't
         account for the missing money" [syn: answer for]