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account

/ə.ˈkaʊnt/
noun
  1. 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.

  2. A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal.

    "to keep one's account at the bank."

  3. 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."

Synonymsaccounting, explanation, defense, excuse, explanation, membership

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