Added 8 October 2026

account

/əˈkaʊnt/ noun

Latin root: computō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about account at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
The firm failed to file its accounts on time.
A bank account.
The money was refunded to her account.
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.

To provide explanation. To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
I'd account it a privilege to serve you.
To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.

From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).