1. account - Noun
2. account - Verb
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.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live. Poemen
In the measure that love for the flesh prevails in you, you can never become brave and dauntless, on account of the host of adversaries that constantly surround the object of your love. Isaac the Syrian
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. Euripides
The devil's wiser more on account of his age than on account of being the devil. Ecuadoran Proverb
He who makes a fool of himself on account of a woman is well nigh ruined. Maltese Proverb
Oosta Alam, take this one into account. Persian Proverb