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How to pronounce account
Say it like this: /əˈkaʊnt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does account mean?
nounA 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.
“The firm failed to file its accounts on time.”
A bank account.
“The money was refunded to her account.”
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
“No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.”
verbTo provide explanation.
To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
“I'd account it a privilege to serve you.”
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