Synonyms for accounts
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-kount |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkaʊnt |
Top 10 synonyms for accounts Other synonyms for the word accounts
- ABCs
- annal
- bad news
- balance
- blow by blow
- books
- bulletin
- cause
- chronicle
- computation
- cuff
- ground
- grounds
- grunt
- inventory
- invoice
- IOU
- justification
- ledger
- lowdown
- make
- motive
- narration
- play by play
- rationale
- rationalization
- reason
- recital
- reckoning
- regard
- register
- report
- run-down
- sake
- score
- statement
- story
- tab
- take
- tale
- tally
- the picture
- the whole picture
- version
Définition of accounts
Origin :- c.1300, "reckoning of money received and paid," from Old French acont "account, reckoning, terminal payment," from a "to" (see ad-) + cont "counting, reckoning of money to be paid," from Late Latin computus "a calculation," from Latin computare "calculate" (see compute).
- Meaning "sum of (one's) money in a bank" is from 1833. Sense of "narration" is first attested 1610s. Plural accounts used as a collective or singular in phrases such as to give accounts (of something), is from mid-13c. Phrase by all accounts is attested from 1798.
- noun written description of past events
- noun record of finances, fees, or charges
- noun basis or consideration for action
- Wonderful are the accounts he brings of that far-off world, where his spirit wanders.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- His accounts being found correct, he went on with his speculations.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- This accounts for his ability to get through in one day more than most people do in a week.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He found only Mortimer, who had remained late over his accounts.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Then let us go with the accounts to Mr. Palmer, who is also ready, I am sure.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I went but by the accounts I had received from Mr. Beaufort.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I will just look into my accounts, and use you without ceremony.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- But you can tell me so much more about them than I can tell you, that why should I tire you with my accounts and descriptions?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Not that I found 'em heavy; I don't mention 'em on that accounts; far from it.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- "Ah, that accounts for it," murmured the journalist, without looking up.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
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