I.
noun
1 description
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , short
▪ blow-by-blow ( informal ), comprehensive , detailed , full , graphic
▪
He gave us a blow-by-blow ~ of the incident.
▪ fascinating , vivid
▪ accurate , clear , factual , true
▪ eyewitness , first-hand , personal
▪ glowing , good
▪
She received a glowing ~ of her son's progress.
▪ media , news ( AmE ), newspaper
▪
the newspaper ~ of the trial
▪ fictional , fictionalized
▪ autobiographical
▪ historical
▪ biblical
VERB + ACCOUNT
▪ give (sb) , offer , provide (sb with) , write (sb)
▪
Can you give us an ~ of what happened?
▪ publish
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
▪
Dr Richards describes this very well in his ~ of the events.
PHRASES
▪ by all ~s (= according to what people say)
▪
I've never been there, but it's a beautiful place by all ~s.
▪ by sb's own ~
▪
By his own ~ he had an unhappy childhood.
2 arrangement with a bank
ADJECTIVE
▪ bank , building-society ( BrE )
▪ checking ( AmE ), cheque ( BrE ), current
▪ deposit ( BrE ), investment , savings
▪ personal
▪ business
▪ individual , joint , separate
▪
My husband and I have separate ~s.
▪ numbered , private ( esp. AmE )
▪
They have a numbered ~ in Switzerland.
▪ high-interest , interest-bearing , tax-free
▪ offshore
▪ brokerage ( esp. AmE ), money-market , trust
▪ retirement ( esp. AmE )
VERB + ACCOUNT
▪ have , hold
▪
Go and see the manager of the bank where your ~ is held.
▪ close , open
▪
She opened a savings ~ at the bank.
▪ credit sth to , pay sth into ( esp. BrE ), put sth into
▪
The money will be credited to your ~ tomorrow.
▪ debit (sth from) , draw sth out of , pay sth from , take sth out of , withdraw sth from
▪
She had taken all her money out of her ~.
▪ access
▪ empty , overdraw
▪
Your ~ is overdrawn.
ACCOUNT + NOUN
▪ number
▪ holder
▪ balance
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ at
▪
He opened an ~ at a bank in Germany.
▪ ~ with
▪
I have an ~ with another bank.
3 ( usually accounts ) record of money earned/spent
ADJECTIVE
▪ profit and loss ~
▪ ~s payable , ~s receivable
VERB + ACCOUNT
▪ do , keep
▪
Try to keep accurate ~s.
▪ audit , check , look at
▪ submit
▪
Your ~s will need to be submitted to the tax office.
▪ publish
ACCOUNT + VERB
▪ be in order
▪
The ~s are all in order.
ACCOUNT + NOUN
▪ ~ book
▪ ~ balance
4 arrangement with a shop/store, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ expense (= an arrangement to charge expenses to your own employers)
▪
Clients are often taken for expense ~ lunches.
▪ charge (= an arrangement with a shop/store to pay bills for goods or services at a later time) ( AmE ), credit ( BrE )
▪ email , user
VERB + ACCOUNT
▪ have
▪ create , open
▪
I'd like to open an ~, please.
▪ close
▪ pay off , settle
▪
It is best to settle the ~ each month.
▪ charge sth to , debit (sth from) , put sth on
▪
Charge this to my ~, please.
▪ credit sth to
PREPOSITION
▪ on ~
▪
Call a cab on ~.
▪ ~ at , ~ with
▪
an ~ with a large store
II.
verb
PHRASAL VERB
account for sth
ADVERB
▪ fully
▪
The increase can be fully ~ed for.
▪ partly
▪
The differences in achievement between the students are partly ~ed for by differences in age.
▪ adequately , properly