English主要词典
account
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
at bank
1 (abbreviation a / c) an arrangement that sb has with a bank, etc. to keep money there, take some out, etc:
I don't have a bank account. * to have an account at / with a bank * to open / close an account * What's your account number please? * I paid the cheque into my savings account. * a joint account (= one in the name of more than one person)
seealsoBUDGETACCOUNT, CHECKINGACCOUNT, CURRENTACCOUNT, DEPOSITACCOUNT
business records
2 [usuallypl.] a written record of money that is owed to a business and of money that has been paid by it:
to do the accounts * to keep the accounts up to date * the accounts department
seealsoEXPENSEACCOUNT, PROFITANDLOSSACCOUNT
with shop / store
3 (BrE also credit account) (AmE also charge account) an arrangement with a shop/store or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month:
Put it on my account please. * We have accounts with most of our suppliers.
regular customer
4 (business) a regular customer:
The advertising agency has lost several of its most important accounts.
computing
5 an arrangement that sb has with a company that allows them to use the Internet, send and receive messages by e-mail, etc:
an Internet / e-mail account
description
6 a written or spoken description of sth that has happened:
She gave the police a full account of the incident. * The diaries contained detailed accounts of the writer's experiences in China.
7 an explanation or a description of an idea, a theory or a process:
the Biblical account of the creation of the world
IDIOMS
by / from all accounts according to what other people say:
I've never been there, but it's a lovely place, by all accounts.
by your own account according to what you say yourself:
By his own account he had an unhappy childhood.
give a good / poor account of yourself (BrE) to do sth or perform well or badly, especially in a contest:
The team gave a good account of themselves in the match on Saturday.
of no / little account (formal) not important:
Emotional matters were of no account to them during the war.
on account if you buy sth or pay on account, you pay nothing or only a small amount immediately and the rest later
on sb's account because of what you think sb wants:
Please don't change your plans on my account.
on account of sth because of sth:
She retired early on account of ill health. * The marsh is an area of great scientific interest on account of its wild flowers.
on no accoun
