Word Meaning

Meaning of "account" and the crossword clue

- Bill
- Bill is a first-class nobleman
- Narrative
- narrative description of past events
- Report on Bill
- Report or description
- Tale heard by a nobleman
- Version
- A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
- 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.
- 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.
- A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
- A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
- To reckon; to compute; to count.
- To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.
- To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
- To recount; to relate.
- To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
- To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
- To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.