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The correct spelling is account.
How to pronounce account
/ə.ˈkaʊnt/
nounIPA: /ə.ˈkaʊnt/
Say it like: Acc-own-t
The correct spelling is account. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. For example: "to keep one's account at the bank."
Usage Examples
“to keep one's account at the bank.”
“No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.”
“Don't trouble yourself on my account.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- 2.A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal.
- 3.A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
- 4.A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- 5.A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.
verb
- 1.To provide explanation.
- 2.To count.
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