account for sth
— Phrasal Verb with account /əˈkaʊnt/ verbDefinition
BE PART OF › to be part of a total number of something: Oil accounts for 40% of Norway's exports.
EXPLAIN › to be the reason for something, or to explain the reason for something: He'd had an argument with Caroline, which accounts for his bad mood this morning. She was asked to account for the missing money.
(Definition of account for sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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