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An account is an oral or written detail of an event or situation. (noun)
An example of an account is when a child relays all of the events of his school day.
To account for something is to give it consideration or value. (verb)
An example of account is when someone is judging another person's actions and considers all of his possible motivations for his behavior.
To account is to appoint a characteristic to something or someone. (verb)
An example of account is when you deem someone as being a good friend.
An account is a record of an ongoing relationship, debt or obligation. (noun)
- An example of an account is when you have a credit card from Visa. You have a Visa account.
- An example of account is when you have an ongoing tally at a store. You could say you have an account there.
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