Vocabulary : Accoucheuse to Accountantship
Accoucheuse : A midwife.Account : A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. ;; 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; as, to keep one's account at the bank. ;; A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. ;; A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. ;; A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. ;; An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. ;; Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. ;; To reckon; to compute; to count. ;; To place to one's account;
Account book : A book in which accounts are kept.
Accountability : The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.
Accountable : Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. ;; Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
