Signification de account En anglais

• 0 a report

  • a detailed account of events un compte-rendu détaillé des événements

  • Witnesses gave an account of what they saw. Les témoins ont fait un compte-rendu de ce qu’ils ont vu.

• 1 a bank account

  • to open an account ouvrir un compte

  • a savings/checking account un compte épargne/courant

• 2 an agreement with a company to pay later

  • Put it on my account. Mettez le sur mon compte.

• 3 [ plural ]official financial records

  • company accounts les comptes d’une société

• 4 according to most people

  • It is, by all accounts, a simple system to use. C’est, d’après l’opinion générale, un système facile d’utilisation.

• 5 because of

  • He stopped working on account of his illness. Il a cessé de travailler en raison de sa maladie.

• 6 because of or for sb

  • Please, don’t leave on my account. Je vous en prie, ne partez pas à cause de moi.

• 7 to consider when judging

  • They did not take staffing costs into account. Ils n’ont pas pris en considération les frais de personnel.

• 8 to represent

  • Minnesota accounts for more than 50% of U.S. corn production. Le Minnesota représente plus de 50% de la production de maïs des Etats-Unis.

• 9 to explain or to be the reason for

  • This may account for his illness. Cela peut expliquer sa maladie.

• 10 an arrangement by which a person keeps his or her money in a bank

  • I have (opened) an account with the local bank.

• 11 a statement of money owing

  • Send me an account of the money which I owe.

• 12 a description or explanation (of something that has happened)

  • He gave us a full account of his visit to Vienna.

• 13 an arrangement by which a person makes a regular (eg monthly) payment instead of paying at the time of buying

  • I have an account at Smiths.

• 14 a record of money received and spent

  • You must keep your accounts in order

  • (also adjective) an account book.