{
    "term": "account",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an arrangement that somebody has with a bank, etc. to keep money there, take some out, etc.",
            "sensetop": "account with somebody/somethingaccount at something",
            "labels": "especially in British EnglishNorth American English usually(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't have a **bank account**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I paid the money into my savings account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a joint account *(= one in the name of more than one person)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With internet banking you can manage your account online."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have an account with us?",
                    "contextForm": "account with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **opened an account** at a bank in Germany.",
                    "contextForm": "account at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Interest will be paid monthly into the **account holder**'s current account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's your account number please?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She deposited the check in her account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a savings account with a building society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I paid the cheque into my current account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your account is overdrawn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a numbered account in Switzerland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money will be credited to your account tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She opened a savings account at the bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had taken all her money out of her account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My husband and I have separate accounts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd like to open an account, please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have an account with another bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Go and see the manager of the bank where your account is held."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bank", "building-society", "checking"],
                "verb + account": ["have", "hold", "close"],
                "account + noun": ["number", "holder", "balance"],
                "preposition": ["account at", "account with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an arrangement that somebody has with a company that allows them to use the internet, send and receive messages by email, social media, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**an email/Instagram account**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Millions of accounts have been hacked."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["expense", "charge", "credit"],
                "verb + account": ["have", "create", "open"],
                "preposition": ["on account", "account at", "account with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a written or spoken description of something that has happened",
            "sensetop": "account of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **eyewitness account** *(= a description given by somebody who saw what happened)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a first-hand/personal/first-person account"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you **give** us **an account** of what happened?",
                    "contextForm": "account of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The diaries contain a **detailed account** of the writer's experiences on the voyage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She received a glowing account of her son's progress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the newspaper account of the trial"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave the police a full account of the incident."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brief", "short", "blow-by-blow"],
                "verb + account": [
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "offer",
                    "provide (somebody with)"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in an/​the account"],
                "phrases": ["by all accounts", "by somebody’s own account"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an explanation or a description of an idea, a theory or a process",
            "sensetop": "account (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Biblical account of the creation of the world"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brief", "short", "blow-by-blow"],
                "verb + account": [
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "offer",
                    "provide (somebody with)"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in an/​the account"],
                "phrases": ["by all accounts", "by somebody’s own account"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a written record of money that is owed to a business and of money that has been paid by it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to do the accounts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to keep the accounts up to date"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the accounts department"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works in Accounts *(= the accounts department)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to keep accurate accounts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accounts are all in order."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your accounts will need to be submitted to the tax office."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": [
                    "profit and loss account",
                    "accounts payable",
                    "accounts receivable"
                ],
                "verb + account": ["do", "keep", "audit"],
                "account + verb": ["be in order"],
                "account + noun": ["account book", "account balance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an arrangement with a shop or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month",
            "labels": "British English alsoNorth American English also(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Put it on my account please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have accounts with most of our suppliers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Log in to your account to see how much you have spent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Charge this to my account, please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an account with a large store"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["expense", "charge", "credit"],
                "verb + account": ["have", "create", "open"],
                "preposition": ["on account", "account at", "account with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a bill for goods or services provided over a period",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Departing guests should **settle their accounts** at the office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is best to settle the account each month."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a regular customer",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The agency has lost several of its most important accounts."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a description of an event that gives you all the details in the order in which they happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He insisted on giving us a blow-by-blow account of what had happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "according to what other people say",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've never been there, but it's a lovely place, by all accounts."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "according to what you say yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "By his own account he had an unhappy childhood."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody explain a mistake, etc. because they are responsible for it",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something or perform well, especially in a contest",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The team gave a good account of themselves in the match."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not important",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Emotional matters were of no account to them during the war."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you buy something or pay on account, you pay nothing or only a small amount immediately and the rest later",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Call a cab on account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bought the furniture she wanted on account."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "because of what you think somebody wants",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please don't change your plans on my account."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "because of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She retired early on account of ill health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The marsh is an area of great scientific interest on account of its wild flowers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not for any reason",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "On no account should the house be left unlocked."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "for yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In 2012 Smith set up in business on his own account."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "because you want to and you have decided, not somebody else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No one sent me. I am here on my own account."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "because of the particular thing that has been mentioned",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Weather conditions were poor, but he did not delay his departure on that account."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to use something in a good or helpful way",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He turned his artistic talents to good account by becoming a sculptor."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hurt or punish somebody who has harmed or cheated you in the past",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An embittered Charlotte is determined to settle accounts with Elizabeth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to consider particular facts, circumstances, etc. when making a decision about something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company takes account of environmental issues wherever possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Coursework is taken into account as well as exam results."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkaʊnt/",
                "audio": "ac/account/account__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkaʊnt/",
                "audio": "ac/account/account__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’."
}