/ əˈkaʊntəbl; NAmE / adjective
[ not usually before noun ] accountable (to sb) (for sth) responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked :
Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
Someone must be held accountable for the killings.
► ac·count·abil·ity / əˌkaʊntəˈbɪləti; NAmE / noun [ U ]:
the accountability of a company's directors to the shareholders