account

/əˈkɑʊnt/ n [C] (FINANCIAL SERVICE)

Definition

› money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back › An account is also an arrangement with a store or a company that allows you to buy things and pay for them later:

(Definition of account n (FINANCIAL SERVICE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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accost v
account for something phrasal verb BE
account for something phrasal verb EXPLAIN
account n FINANCIAL SERVICE
account n REPORT
accountable adj
accountant n
accounting n
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