Id | ESLPod_0972_WE_1618 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 972 |
Episode Title | Paying an Employee Under the Table |
Phrase | to be accounted for |
Text | The phrase "to be accounted for," in this podcast, means to be included, considered, and addressed: "Don't forget to account for inflation when you're determining how much retirement income you'll need." When talking about people or resources, the phrase "accounted for" means knowing where someone or something is: "It took several weeks for government officials to account for all the men, women, and children who were injured or killed by the tsunami." The phrase "to account for (something)" means to form part of something or to be included in something: "Females account for just 15% of the engineering students at this university." Finally, "to account for" can mean to explain something: "The lawyers are arguing that temporary insanity could have accounted for his illegal actions that night." |
Topics | Business |
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