adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
▪ make sb
▪ hold sb
▪
The directors are held ~ by the shareholders.
ADVERB
▪ fully , properly
▪ personally
▪ directly
▪
Senior managers are directly ~ to the Board of Directors.
▪ ultimately
▪
Someone has to be held ultimately ~ for the accident.
▪ publicly
▪
Local authorities should be publicly ~ to the communities they serve.
▪ democratically
▪
democratically ~ leaders
▪ financially , legally , politically
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
In the end, we are all ~ for our actions.
▪ to
▪
The real power lies with a bureaucracy that is not ~ to the public.
▪
Politicians are ~ to their constituents.
Accountable is used with these nouns: ↑ leader