Account (n.) A reckoning |
Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions |
Account (n.) A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event |
Account (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences |
Account (n.) A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. |
Account (n.) An estimate or estimation |
Account (n.) Importance |
Account (v. t.) To reckon |
Account (v. t.) To place to one's account |
Account (v. t.) To value, estimate, or hold in opinion |
Account (v. t.) To recount |
Account (v. i.) To render or receive an account or relation of particulars |
Account (v. i.) To render an account |
Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason |
Account book () A book in which accounts are kept. |
Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic. |
Catskill period () The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology. |
Champlain period () A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period |
Chemung period () A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology. |
Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America |
Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology. |
Period (n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies |
Period (n.) A stated and recurring interval of time |
Period (n.) One of the great divisions of geological time |
Period (n.) The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act |
Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another |
Period (n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word. |
Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals. |
Period (n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission. |
Period (n.) A complete musical sentence. |
Period (v. t.) To put an end to. |
Period (v. i.) To come to a period |
Salina period () The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology. |
Trenton period () A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America |
course session class period recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study |
period piece | any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period |
account | the quality of taking advantage, she turned her writing skills to good account |
account | importance or value, a person of considerable account, he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance |
model theoretical account framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
pension plan pension account retirement plan retirement savings plan retirement savings account retirement account retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
individual retirement account IRA | a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement, taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred |
written record written account | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market |
report news report story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
explanation account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc., the explanation was very simple, I expected a brief account |
period point full stop stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
report account | the act of informing by verbal report, he heard reports that they were causing trouble, by all accounts they were a happy couple |
score account | grounds, don't do it on my account, the paper was rejected on account of its length, he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful |
account executive account representative registered representative customer's broker customer's man | someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business |
goldbrick goof-off ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing no-account good-for-naught | an idle worthless person |
brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage, you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $, |
cash account | an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis |
custodial account | a brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minor |
margin account | an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit |
account accounting account statement | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance, they send me an accounting every month |
capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date |
capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities |
bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals, he moved his bank account to a new bank |
giro account | an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank |
savings account trust savings bank trust trust account trustee account Totten trust | a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime, afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary |
checking account chequing account current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
savings account | a bank account that accumulates interest |
time deposit account deposit account | a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest |
dormant account | a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period, the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws |
passbook savings account | a savings account in which deposits and withdrawals are recorded in the depositor's passbook |
reserve account reserve fund | funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments |
valuation reserve valuation account allowance allowance account | a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets |
open-end credit revolving credit charge account credit | a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time |
credit account charge account open account | credit extended by a business to a customer |
revolving charge account | a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance |
ledger leger account book book of account book | a record in which commercial accounts are recorded, they got a subpoena to examine our books |
control account | an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger |
profit and loss profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss |
suspense account | an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification |
current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
audited account audit | an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA |
expense account travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses |
menstruation menses menstruum catamenia period flow | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause, the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation, a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped--Hippocrates, the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females--Aristotle |
account business relationship | a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services, he asked to see the executive who handled his account |
short account | a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own) |
account payable payable | a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit, the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency |