Tra từ account - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ac·count [account accounts accounted accounting] noun, verb BrE [əˈkaʊnt] NAmE [əˈkaʊnt]
noun

AT BANK
1. (abbr.a/c)an arrangement that sb has with a bank, etc. to keep money there, take some out, etc
• I don't have a bank account.
•to have an account at/with a bank
•to open/close an account
• What's your account number please?
•I paid the cheque into my savings account.
•a joint account (= one in the name of more than one person)
see also ↑budget account, ↑checking account, ↑current account, ↑deposit account

BUSINESS RECORDS
2. usually plural a written record of money that is owed to a business and of money that has been paid by it
•to do the accounts
•to keep the accounts up to date
•the accounts department
see also ↑expense account, ↑profit and loss account

WITH SHOP/STORE
3. (BrE also ˈcredit account) (NAmE also ˈcharge account)an arrangement with a shop/store or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month
•Put it on my account please.
•We have accounts with most of our suppliers.

REGULAR CUSTOMER
4. (business)a regular customer
•The agency has lost several of its most important accounts.

COMPUTING
5. an arrangement that sb has with a company that allows them to use the Internet, send and receive messages by email, etc
•an Internet/email account

DESCRIPTION
6. a written or spoken description of sth that has happened
•She gave the police a full account of the incident.
•The diaries contained detailed accounts of the writer's experiences in China.
7. an explanation or a description of an idea, a theory or a process
•the Biblical account of the creation of the world
more at a blow-by-blow account, description, etc. (of sth) at ↑blow _n., call sb to account at ↑call _v., settle a score/an account (with sb) at ↑settle _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’.

Thesaurus:
account noun C
•She paid the money into her account.
fund • • budget • • savings •
pay sth from/out of a/an account/fund/budget/savings
have sth in a/an account/fund/budget
have/manage a/an/your account/fund/budget/savings

Collocations:
Finance
Income
earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune
make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
build up funds/savings
get/receive/leave (sb) an inheritance/a legacy
live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
get/receive/draw/collect a pension
depend/be dependent on (BrE) benefits/(NAmE) welfare/social security
Expenditure
spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
invest/put your savings in…
throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
lose your money/inheritance/pension
use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
pay (in) cash
use/pay by a credit/debit card
pay by/make out a/write sb a/accept a (BrE) cheque/(US) check
change/exchange money/currency (BrE) traveller's cheques/(US) traveler's checks
give/pay/leave (sb) a deposit
Banks
have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
credit/debit/pay sth into/take money out of your account
deposit money/funds in your account
withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
(formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
find/go to/use (especially NAmE) an ATM/(BrE) a cash machine/dispenser
be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
Personal finance
manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially BrE) sort out your finances
plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
offer/extend credit (to sb)
arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
pay for sth in (especially BrE) instalments/(NAmE usually) installments
Financial difficulties
get into debt/financial difficulties
be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
run out of/owe money
face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
can't afford the cost of…/payments/rent
fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
incur/run up/accumulate debts
tackle/reduce/settle your debts

Language Bank:
because of
Explaining reasons
▪ The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of ▪ an increase in levels of obesity.
▪ The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of ▪ changes in diet and lifestyle.
▪ The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to ▪ / the result of ▪ changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
▪ Many obese children are bullied at school on account of ▪ their weight.
▪ Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from ▪ the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
▪ Childhood obesity may be caused by ▪ genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.
Language Banks at ↑cause, ↑consequently, ↑therefore

Synonyms:
bill
account • invoice • check
These are all words for a record of how much you owe for goods or services you have bought or used.
bill • a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of sth: ▪ the gas bill
account • an arrangement with a shop/store or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month: ▪ Put it on my account please.
invoice • (rather formal) a bill for goods that sb has bought or work that has been done for sb: ▪ The builders sent an invoice for £250.
bill or invoice?
You would get a bill in a restaurant, bar or hotel; from a company that supplies you with gas, electricity, etc; or from sb whose property you have damaged. An invoice is for goods supplied or work done as agreed between a customer and supplier.
check • (NAmE) a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant: ▪ Can I have the check, please?
In British English the usual word for this is bill.
the bill/invoice/check for sth
to pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
to put sth on the/sb's bill/account/invoice/check

Synonyms:
report
story • account • version
These are all words for a written or spoken account of events.
report • a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast: ▪ Are these newspaper reports true?
story • an account, often spoken, of what happened to sb or of how sth happened; a report of events in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast: ▪ It was many years before the full story was made public. ◇ ▪ the front-page story
account • a written or spoken description of sth that has happened: ▪ She gave the police a full account of the incident.
report or account?
A report is always of recent events, especially news. An account may be of recent or past events.
version • a description of an event from the point of view of a particular person or group of people: ▪ She gave us her version of what had happened that day.
a report/story about sth
a brief/short report/story/account
a full report/story/account/version
a news report/story
to give a(n) report/account/version

Example Bank:
•Call a cab on account.
•Can you give us an account of what happened?
•Charge this to my account, please.
•Clients are often taken for expense account lunches.
•Dr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events.
•Go and see the manager of the bank where your account is held.
•He gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident.
•He opened an account at a bank in Germany.
•I have an account with another bank.
•I'd like to open an account, please.
•I've never been there, but it's a beautiful place by all accounts.
•It is best to settle the account each month.
•My husband and I have separate accounts.
•No one sent me. I am here on my own account.
•Ring for a cab on account.
•She had taken all her money out of her account.
•She opened a savings account at the bank.
•She received a glowing account of her son's progress.
•The accounts are all in order.
•The money will be credited to your account tomorrow.
•They have a numbered account in Switzerland.
•Try to keep accurate accounts.
•Your account is overdrawn.
•Your accounts will need to be submitted to the tax office.
•an account with a large store
•the newspaper account of the trial
•Departing guests should settle their accounts at the office.
•I don't have a bank account.
•I have a savings account with a building society.
•I paid the cheque into my current account.
•She bought the furniture she wanted on account.
•She deposited the check in her account.
•The diaries contained detailed accounts of the writer's experiences in China.
•What's your account number please?
•a joint account
•to open/close an account
Idioms: ↑by all accounts ▪ ↑by your own account ▪ ↑give a good account of yourself ▪ ↑not on any account ▪ ↑of no account ▪ ↑on account ▪ ↑on account of somebody ▪ ↑on no account ▪ ↑on somebody's account ▪ ↑on this account ▪ ↑on your own account ▪ ↑put something to good account ▪ ↑take account of something ▪ ↑take something into account ▪ ↑there's no accounting for taste
Derived: ↑account for somebody ▪ ↑account for something

verb usually passive (formal)
to have the opinion that sb/sth is a particular thing
•~ sb/sth + adj. In English law a person is accounted innocent until they are proved guilty.
•~ sb/sth + noun The event was accounted a success.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’.

Language Bank:
proportion
Describing fractions and proportions
▪ According to this pie chart, a third of ▪ students' leisure time is spent watching TV.
One in five ▪ hours is/are spent socializing.
▪ Socializing accounts for ▪ / makes up ▪ / comprises ▪ about 20% of leisure time.
▪ Students spend twice as much ▪ time playing computer games as doing sport.
Three times as many ▪ hours are spent playing computer games as reading.
▪ The figure for playing computer games is three times higher than ▪ the figure for reading.
The largest proportion of ▪ time is spent playing computer games.
note at ↑half
Synonyms at ↑consist
Language Banks at ↑expect, ↑fall, ↑illustrate, ↑increase

Example Bank:
•The differences in achievement between the pupils are partly accounted for by differences in age.
•The increase can be fully accounted for.

See also: ↑charge account ▪ ↑credit account