Meaning of account In English

• 0 an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you need to:

  • I've opened an account with a building society.

  • I paid the money into my account this morning.

  • UK She paid the cheque into her account.

  • US She deposited the check in her account.

  • I need to draw some money out of my account.

• 1 a written or spoken description of an event:

  • She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle.

  • He kept a detailed account of the suspect's movements.

  • Several eyewitnesses' accounts differed considerably from the official version of events.

  • By all accounts, San Francisco is a city that's easy to fall in love with.

  • By his own account, he's quite wealthy.

• 2 because of something:

  • He doesn't drink alcohol on account of his poor health.

• 3 an agreement with a shop or business that allows you to buy things and pay for them later:

  • Could you put it on/charge it to my account (= can I pay for it later), please?

  • Do you have an account at this store/with us, madam?

  • Could you please pay/settle your account in full (= give us all the money you owe us)?

  • If the advertising agency loses this account, it will make a big dent in their profits.

• 4 to not be important:

  • It's of no account to me whether he comes or not.

  • His opinion is of little account to me.

• 5 to think of someone or something in the stated way:

  • She was accounted a genius by all who knew her work.

• 6 money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

• 7 a written or spoken description of an event

• 8 an arrangement with a bank in which the customer puts in and takes out money and the bank keeps a record of it:

  • close/open an account When she starts school we're opening an account in her name and we'll put money into it each year.

  • deposit/pay money into an account Anna could deposit her savings into an account offering more interest.

  • an account with sth She applied for the card soon after opening an account with the bank.

  • joint/separate account It's better to have separate accounts and feed money into a joint account for shared bills.

  • a checking/cheque/current account

  • business/personal account Each month I transfer money from my business account to my personal account.

  • a deposit/savings account

• 9 an agreement with a store or company that allows you to buy things and pay for them later:

  • open an account with sth If you open an account with the store you save 10%.

  • charge sth to an account Jenny got the bill and said she'd charge it to the company account.

• 10 a record of money received, spent, or owed:

  • An account of travel expenses incurred by an employee must be submitted for reimbursement together with receipts.

• 11 a customer who does business regularly with a company:

  • lose/win an account The company has won a batch of high-profile advertising accounts

• 12 an agreement with a company that allows you to use the internet and email, and gives you space on the internet to put your documents:

  • Some people have a specific service in mind, whether it's an account with free Web space or the ability to develop an electronic commerce site online.

• 13 to be paid for at a later time:

  • $25,000 in inventory was purchased on account from suppliers in July.

  • Part is paid on account, and the rest is paid at the end of the period.