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111account for — [v] offer reason, explanation answer for, clarify, elucidate, explain, illuminate, justify, rationalize, resolve; concept 57 Ant. underestimate …
112account in trust — Account established by an individual to be held in trust for the benefit of another …
113account in trust — Account established by an individual to be held in trust for the benefit of another …
114account book — n. a book in which business accounts are set down …
115account current — n. a record of business transactions that shows the total amount of money owed as of the date of the summarizing statement …
116account executive — n. an executive in an advertising agency, stockbrokerage, etc. who handles the accounts of, and maintains direct contact with, one or more established clients and seeks new clients …
117account payable — n. pl. accounts payable the amount owed by a business to a creditor, usually for goods or services …
118account receivable — n. pl. accounts receivable the amount owed to a business by a debtor, usually for goods or services …
119account for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms account for : present tense I/you/we/they account for he/she/it accounts for present participle accounting for past tense accounted for past participle accounted for 1) account for something to be the reason… …
120account for — verb 1. be the reason or explanation for (Freq. 24) The recession accounts for the slow retail business • Hypernyms: ↑be • Verb Frames: Something s something 2. give reasons for (Freq. 6) …