accountnoun詞源 1/əˈkaʊnt/

• 1

  accountingbusinessfinanceA 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.
• 2

  bankingbusinessA bank account.

  • The money was refunded to her account.
  • The Pueblo bank has advised that the operator opened an account at that bank with currency, and a few days later withdrew the amount.
• 3

  A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

  • Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
  • No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.
• 4

  A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.

  • Don't trouble yourself on my account.
  • on no account
• 5

  A record of events; a relation or narrative.

  • An account of a battle.
  • A laudible account of the city of London.
• 6

  An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.

  • To stand high in your account
• 7

  Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.

  • There is a peculiarity in Homers manner of apoſtrophizing Eumæus, and ſpeaking of him in the ſecond perſon; it is generally apply'd by that Poet only to men of account' and diſtinction, and by it the Poet, as it were, addreſſes them with reſpect; […]
• 8

  Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.

  • Since the system outage, I've been unable to log in to my account.
  • In these cases, the agency has to buy through another ad agency that has an account with the media vehicle in question.

accountverb詞源 2/əˈkaʊnt/

• 1

  obsoleteTo provide explanation.

• 2

  archaicTo provide explanation.

• 3

  To provide explanation.

  • I'd account it a privilege to serve you.
  • The Pagan Hercules, why was he accounted a hero?
• 4

  To provide explanation.

  • Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
• 5

  To provide explanation.

  • An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
• 6

  To provide explanation.

  • We must account for the use of our opportunities.
• 7

  To provide explanation.

  • Idleness accounts for poverty.
  • While the overall model was invariant across groups, the direct relationship between atypical eating (not driven by weight/shape) and ED pathology was only significant in the autistic group. Therefore, while body image appears to contribute to ED pathology in autistic adults, atypical eating may represent an additional unique risk factor for ED pathology. While the correlational nature of this study precludes inferences about causality, the combination of atypical eating and body image dissatisfaction may partially account for elevated ED pathology in autism.
• 8

  To provide explanation.

  • After the crash, not all passengers were accounted for.