query | A_______ are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends .Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends . He kept detailed accounts. ...an account book. |
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word | account |
full-definition | noun If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it. Some banks make it difficult to open an account. I had two accounts with the bank, a savings account and a current account. In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company. The Glasgow-based marketing agency has won two Edinburgh accounts. Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends . He kept detailed accounts. ...an account book. An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened . He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night. And that, according to some accounts I have read, is why he adopted the name. An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it. This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour. Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity. verb If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing. The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success. |
inflections | accountsaccountingaccounted |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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