Account+for

  • 1account for — index enlighten, explain, exposit, justify, rationalize, solve, support (justify), vindicate …

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  • 2account for — phr verb Account for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑export, ↑import, ↑sale Account for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑discrepancy, ↑fact, ↑per cent, ↑variation …

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  • 3account for — verb a) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed. The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed. b) To be the primary cause of “ But there are… …

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  • 4account for sth — UK US account for sth Phrasal Verb with account({{}}/əˈkaʊnt/ verb [T] ► to form part of a total: »High tech companies account for 32% of the total value of the payrolls in the area. ► to explain the reason for something or the cause of something …

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  • 5account for — Synonyms and related words: accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, allegorize, apply to, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, blame, blame for, blame on, bring home to, charge on, charge to, clarify, clear, clear up, confess, connect… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6account for — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. clarify, resolve, elucidate, show grounds; see explain , justify 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To offer reasons for or a cause of: explain, justify, rationalize. See EXPLAIN …

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  • 7Account for something — Составлять что либо …

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  • 8Account — Ac*count , n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. [1913 Webster] A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9Account current — Account Ac*count , n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10account — I (evaluation) noun appraisal, assessment, com pre rendu, enumeration, financial statement, ledger, list of receipts and payments, ratio, register, statement, statement of debits and credits, statement of pecuniary transactions, tally, valuation… …

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