<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.</li><li>Synonyms: chronicle, report</li><li>an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior.</li><li>Synonyms: justification</li><li>a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event.</li><li>reason; basis: On this account I'm refusing your offer.</li><li>importance; worth; value; consequence: things of no account.</li><li>Synonyms: significance, import</li><li>estimation; judgment: In his account it was an excellent piece of work.</li><li>Synonyms: consideration</li><li>an amount of money deposited with a bank, as in a checking or savings account: My account is now with Third National.</li><li>Also called charge account.</li><li>an accommodation or service extended by a business to a customer or client permitting the charging of goods or services, the returning for credit of unsatisfactory merchandise, etc.: Do you have an account at this store? My account with the restaurant is past due.</li><li>a statement of financial transactions.</li><li>Bookkeeping: a formal record of the debits and credits relating to the person, business, etc., named at the head of the ledger account.</li><li>a balance of a specified period's receipts and expenditures.</li><li>Commerce: a business relation in which credit is used.</li><li>any customer or client, especially one carried on a regular credit basis.</li><li>Also called advertising account: the business assigned to an advertising agency by a client: The toothpaste account was awarded to a new agency last year.</li><li>Digital Technology: an electronic identity, as a username and its associated data, assigned to an individual or group for secure, personalized access to a website, network, digital service, etc.: Your email account has been hacked! I don’t access my work account from my home computer.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to give an explanation (usually followed by for): to account for the accident.</li><li>to answer concerning one's conduct, duties, etc. (usually followed by for): to account for the missing documents.</li><li>to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent.</li><li>to cause (usually followed by for): The humidity accounts for our discomfort. His reckless driving accounted for the accident.</li><li>(used with object) to regard; consider as: I account myself well paid.</li><li>to assign or impute (usually followed by to): the many virtues accounted to him.</li></ul>