accounting for

Synonyms

etiology arrogation

Examples

We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. We shall never be able to say, "Ha! My perception, my accounting for that series, will indeed cover its next and future components," or "Next time I meet with these phenomena, I shall be able to predict their total course." Gregory Bateson

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you. Toni Morrison

Accounting for the most part, remains a legalistic and traditional practice, almost immune to self-criticism by scientific methods. Kenneth Boulding

There is no accounting for tastes. English Proverb

There is no accounting for tastes. Latin Proverb

There is no accounting for tastes. Romanian Proverb

Words in the phrase

accounting for

Close letter words and terms

accounting equation accounting figures accounting firm accounting guideline accounting machine accounting manager