account (akount)

[ For no delicious morsel pa 'd her throat; According to her cloth she cut her coat. Dryden, Cock and Fox, 1. 20. According as, agreeably, conformably, or proportionately (L. ad , to, + com put are , count, compute: see as. A man may, with prudence and a good conscience, approve of the profe ed principles of one party more than the other, according as he thinks they best promote the good of church and state. Swift , Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, i. count1 and compute.] I. trans. 1. To count or reckon as; deem; consider; think; hold to be. The opinion of more worlds than one has in ancient times been accounted a heresy. Bp. Wilkins, Math. Works, i. IMG:content-0145.png:[blocks in formation] Calendar months,... by which months we still account . Holder , On Time. To account oft, to make account of; esteem. It [silver] was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 1 Ki. x. 21. IMG:content-0146.png:[blocks in formation] prices obtained, and the net result after deduction of ex accountably (a-koun'ta-bli), adv . In an ac- penses, etc. - Account stated, an account or statement showing the result of a course of transactions, for adjust- ment between the parties. Sometimes called a state . - Ac- tion of account, or writ of account, in law , an action or writ which the plaintiff brings, demanding that the defen- dant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary. For account of, on behalf of: as, sold for account of A. B., that is, disposed of by sale, and to be accounted for to A. B. For the account, for settlement on the regular settling-day, and not for cash or ready money: used on the stock exchange. See above, 4.- In account with, having busine dealings with (some one), requiring the keeping of an account. - Money of ac- count, a denomination of money used in reckoning, but not current as coins: thus, in China, the tael or ounce- weight of silver is a money of account. On or to ac- count, as an instalment or interim payment. - On one's own account, for one's self; for one's own interest and at one's own risk: as, he has gone into busine on his own account. To go on the accountt, to join a piratical ex- pedition; turn pirate: probably from the parties sharing accountancy (a-koun'tan-si), n. practice of an accountant. N. E. D. accountant (a-koun'tant), n. and a. [Also written accomptant , accomptant (OF. acun- tant ), ppr. of accompter : see account and- ant1 .] I. n. One who is skilled in or who keeps ac- counts; one who makes the keeping or exam i- nation of accounts his profe ion; an officer in a public office who has charge of the ac- counts. Also spelled accomptant . IMG:content-0147.png:[blocks in formation] To make account of, to hold in estimation or esteem; value: generally with an adjective of quantity, as much , little, no, etc.: as, he makes no account of difficulties. What is... the son of man, that thou makest account Ps. cxliv. 3. of him! account, to take into consideration; make a part of the reckoning or estimate. = Syn. 5. Account , Relation , Narra- tion , Narrative, Recital, Description, Story , statement, re- hearsal, chronicle, history, tale, report. These words agree in denoting the rehearsal of an event or of a series of events. Account directs attention to the facts related rather than to the relater; it is the most general term. Relation is also general in its meaning, but implies more directly a re- later; it is le used in this sense than the corresponding verb relate . It holds a middle place between account and narrative. Narration is the act of narrating; the mean- 2. A reckoning of money or busine ; a state- ment or record of financial or pecuniary trans- actions, with their debits and credits, or of money received and paid and the balance on hand or due: as, to keep accounts ; to make out an account.-3. A course of busine dealings or relations requiring the keeping of records: as, to have an account with the bank.-4. On the stock exchange , that part of the transactions between buyer and seller to be settled on the fortnightly or monthly settling-day: as, I have sold A. B. 500 shares for the account .-5. Nar- rative; relation; statement of facts; a recital, verbal or written, of particular transactions and events: as, an account of the revolution in counted.] Accounted; reckoned. ing "the thing narrated" has by desynonymization been given up to narrative. A narrative sets forth a series of incidents dependent upon each other for meaning and value, and generally drawn from the personal knowledge of the narrator. A recital is a narrative, usually of events that peculiarly affect the interests or the feelings of the reciter; hence it is generally more detailed: as, the re- cital of one's wrongs, griefs, troubles. A description is an account addre ed to the imagination, a picture in words. A story is by derivation a short history, and by develop ment a narrative designed to interest and please. There may be an account of a battle or a burglary; a relation of an adventure; a man of extraordinary powers of narration , so that his narrative is exact and vivid; a recital of one's personal sufferings; a description of a scene or an inc i- dent; a story of a life. IMG:content-0148.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0149.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0150.png:[blocks in formation] His offence is so, as it appears, Accountant to the law upon that pain. Shak., M. for M., ii. 4. accountant-general (a-koun'tant-jen'e-ral), n. The principal pr or responsible acco accountant in a public office or in a mercantile or banking house or company; in England, formerly also an officer in chancery who received all moneys lodged in court and deposited the same in the Bank of England. accountantship ntantship (a-koun′tant-ship), n. The office or employment of an accountant. account-book (a-kount'buk), n. A book con- taining accounts, especially one containing a record of sales, purchase purchases, and payments; a ruled book for entering details of receipts ots and expenditures. account-day (a-kount'dā), n. A day set apart once in each half month for the adjustment of differences between brokers on the English stock exchange. A similar practice prevails in the Continental bourses. IMG:content-0151.png:[blocks in formation] acc our a get (a-kur'āj), v . t . [OF. acc our ager , earlier acorager , acoragier , inspire with cour- age, ad ), to, + corage , coraige , courage. Cf. encourage .] To encourage. But he endevored with speaches milde Her to recomfort, and accourage bold. accountable (a-koun'ta-bl), a. [ account + -able. Cf. F. comptable , accountable, respon- sible.] 1. Liable to be called to account; re- sponsible, as for a trust or obligation; answer- able, as for conduct: as, every man is account-cally, array in a military dre ; put on or able to God for his conduct; a sheriff is account- able as bailiff and receiver of goods. IMG:content-0152.png:[blocks in formation] accoutrement 2. pl. Dre in relation to its component parts; equipage; trappings; specifically, the equipments of a soldier except arms and clothing; equipage for military service. See equipage. In robes of peace, accoutrements of rest, He was advanç'd a counsellor. Ford, Fame's Memorial. Among piled arms and rough accoutrements . Tennyson, The Prince , v.