account
/əˈkaʊnt/ verbo B1En español: considerar, rendir cuentas, justificar
- To estimate, consider (something to be as described). · I'd account it a privilege to serve you.
- To consider that.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. · An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. · We must account for the use of our opportunities.
- To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. · Idleness accounts for poverty.
- To establish the location for someone. · After the crash, not all passengers were accounted for.
- To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
Plural account · He/she/it accounts · Pasado accounted · Participio pasado accounted · Forma en -ing accounting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- account
- He/she/it
- accounts
- Pasado
- accounted
- Participio pasado
- accounted
- Forma en -ing
- accounting
De la biblioteca
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“I told him my bank account was at his service.
“Mowgli,” said Bagheera angrily, “his nose was sore on thy account, as my ears and sides and paws, and Baloo’s neck and shoulders are bitten on thy account.
“I will settle my account with you presently.
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