accounts

ac-counts · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Plural of account) Records of financial expenditure and receipts.

  2. 2.

    Arrangements with a bank or business for regular transactions.

  3. 3.

    Reports or descriptions of events or experiences.

  4. 4.

    (Third person singular of account) Considers or explains.

Forms

plural: accounts

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    by all accounts — According to what everyone says.
  • •
    settle accounts — Pay what is owed; get revenge.
  • •
    accounts payable — Money owed by a company.
  • •
    accounts receivable — Money owed to a company.

Related words

See also: account, accountant, accounting
Synonyms: descriptions, narratives, records, reports

Etymology

Plural of account, from Old French acont ("a count, reckoning"), from aconter ("to count"), from Latin computare ("to calculate").