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  • 21account — The phrase on account of is a slightly formal preposition meaning ‘because of’ • (He remained miserable and ashamed, largely on account of his appetite which continued to torment him Anita Brookner, 1988). Its use (with or without of) as a… …

    Modern English usage

  • 22account render — account, or account render. Account, sometimes called account render, was a form of action at common law against a person who by reason of some fiduciary relation (as guardian, bailiff, receiver, etc.) was bound to render an account to another,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23account render — account, or account render. Account, sometimes called account render, was a form of action at common law against a person who by reason of some fiduciary relation (as guardian, bailiff, receiver, etc.) was bound to render an account to another,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24account, action on — A civil lawsuit maintained under the common law to recover money owed on an account. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. account, action on …

    Law dictionary

  • 25account of profits — An account of profits may be sought by a plaintiff as an alternative to damages where his intellectual property rights have been prejudiced. This order requires the defendant to hand over the profits from his business due to the infringement of… …

    Law dictionary

  • 26account payee — a crossing or direction on a bill of exchange that the drawee should credit funds only to the bank account of the payee. Under the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 this had no effect upon the ability of the instrument to be negotiated, but the law has… …

    Law dictionary

  • 27account payee — (only) UK US noun [S] (WRITTEN ABBREVIATION a/c payee (only)) BANKING ► in the UK, words written vertically in the centre of a cheque (= a printed form used for paying money out of your bank account). The words show that the cheque must be paid… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 28account — [n1] written description of past events ABCs*, annal, blow by blow*, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown*, make*, narration, narrative, play by play*, recital, report, run down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture*,… …

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  • 29account name — UK US noun [countable] [singular account name plural account names] computing the name of a user on a network or Internet system Thesaurus …

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  • 30Account — Ac*count , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accounting}.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, [ a] (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To reckon;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English