1. [n]  the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"
2. [n]  importance or value; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"
3. [n]  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"
4. [n]  a statement of money owed for goods or services; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"
5. [n]  a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
6. [n]  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"
7. [n]  the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
8. [n]  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"
9. [n]  a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"
10. [n]  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"
11. [v]  furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money"
12. [v]  to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental."
13. [v]  keep an account of
14. [v]  be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something; "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"

ACCOUNT is a 7 letter word that starts with A.

1. \Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF.
   acont, fr. aconter. See {Account}, v. t., {Count}, n., 1.]
   1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a
      record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
            A beggarly account of empty boxes.    --Shak.
   2. 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.
   3. 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.
   4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of
      transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a
      description; as, an account of a battle. ``A laudable
      account of the city of London.'' --Howell.
   5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's
      conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
            Give an account of thy stewardship.   --Luke xvi. 2.
   6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. ``To stand
      high in your account.'' --Shak.
   7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. ``Men of
      account.'' --Pope. ``To turn to account.'' --Shak.
   {Account current}, a running or continued account between two
      or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such
      an account.
   {In account with}, in a relation requiring an account to be
      kept.
   {On account of}, for the sake of; by reason of; because of.
   {On one's own account}, for one's own interest or behalf.
   {To make account}, to have an opinion or expectation; to
      reckon. [Obs.]
            This other part . . . makes account to find no
            slender arguments for this assertion out of those
            very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.
                                                  --Milton.
   {To make account of}, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as,
      he makes small account of beauty.
   {To take account of}, or {to take into account}, to take into
      consideration; to notice. ``Of their doings, God takes no
      account.''                                  --Milton
      .
   {A writ of account} (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings
      demanding that the defendant shall render his just
      account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called
      also an {action of account}. --Cowell.
   Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description;
        explanation; rehearsal.
   Usage: {Account}, {Narrative}, {Narration}, {Recital}. These
          words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a
          series of events. {Account} turns attention not so
          much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more
          properly applies to the report of some single event,
          or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an
          {account} of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A
          {narrative} is a continuous story of connected
          incidents, such as one friend might tell to another;
          as, a {narrative} of the events of a siege, a
          {narrative} of one's life, etc. {Narration} is usually
          the same as {narrative}, but is sometimes used to
          describe the {mode} of relating events; as, his powers
          of {narration} are uncommonly great. {Recital} denotes
          a series of events drawn out into minute particulars,
          usually expressing something which peculiarly
          interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the
          {recital} of one's wrongs, disappointments,
          sufferings, etc.
   

2. \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.]
   1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
            The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are
            accounted.                            --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
   2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to
      assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon.
   3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or
      consider; to deem.
            Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb.
                                                  xi. 19.
   4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

3. \Ac*count"\, v. i.
   1. To render or receive an account or relation of
      particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the
      treasurer for money received.
   2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for;
      as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
   3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to
      explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
   {To account of}, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only
      in the passive. ``I account of her beauty.'' --Shak.
            Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the
            sixteenth century.                    --Canon
                                                  Robinson.