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Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin comput? (“to sum up”).

Noun

account (plural accounts)

1. (accounting) 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. [from c. 1300]
2. (banking) A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal. [from 1833]
3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
4. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
5. (business) A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.
6. A record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description. [from c. 1610]
7. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
8. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
9. An authorization to use a service.
10. (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
11. Profit; advantage.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman acounter, accomptere et al., Middle French aconter, acompter, from a- + conter (“to count”). Compare count.

Verb

account (third-person singular simple present accounts, present participle accounting, simple past and past participle accounted)

1. To provide explanation.
   1. (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th-17th c.]
   2. (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. [from 14th c.]
   3. (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described). [from 14th c.]
   4. (intransitive) To consider that. [from 14th c.]
   5. (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. [from 15th c.]
   6. (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. [from 16th c.]
   7. (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. [from 16th c.]
   8. (intransitive) To establish the location for someone. [from 19th c.]
   9. (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). [from 19th c.]
2. To count.
   1. (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
   2. (obsolete) To count (up), enumerate. [14th-17th c.]
   3. (obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). [14th-16th c.]

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