Definitions for account for
ac·count for

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. account forverb

   be the reason or explanation for

   "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

2. account forverb

   give reasons for

   "Can you account for all these absences?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. account forverb

   To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.

2. account forverb

   To be the primary cause of

3. account forverb

   To destroy or put out of action.

4. account forverb

   To constitute in amount or portion.

5. account forverb

   To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.

6. account forverb

   To be answerable for.

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1. account for

   "Account for" generally means to explain or justify something, or to provide a reason or cause for something. It could also mean considering or keeping in mind a certain factor while making a decision or calculation. Additionally, it could mean to comprise, compose or make up a certain quantity, number or proportion of something.

2. account for

   To account for means to take into consideration, explain or justify something. It is often used when discussing factors or variables in a circumstance or situation. It can also mean to comprise or make up a specific part or entirety of something.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. account for

   To explain or prove

   The unity government have to account for each amount of taxpayer money they spend

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 5, 2021  

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   • Explain

How to pronounce account for?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say account for in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of account for in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of account for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of account for in a Sentence

1. Helen Duffy:

   It is remarkable, and an affront to the rule of law, that despite the mass of information now available to us still no one has been held to account for torture.

2. Paul Greene:

   Her urine was consistent with the consumption of pork that was containing high levels of nandrolone. We told this to the lab before her B-sample was tested. Under the rules they were supposed to account for it. When your urinary markers are where they were with Shelby’s – in the very, very low range – it is impossible for the machine that does the testing to distinguish between these two, there’s a way to do that called an atypical finding and that’s what we think should have been done in Shelby’s case and it wasn’t.

3. De Blasio:

   We need direct supply no strings attached, our allocation should be bigger to account for that.

4. Tom McPhail:

   Behind the scenes, they have been methodically stripping away the layers of paperwork and uncovering evidence of how the sales were made, it appears likely that some providers are going to be called to account for the way they have treated their customers, which could in turn pave the way for compensation for mis-sold annuity investors.

5. Simon Coveney:

   This is driving a fury across the European Union within the public as to why can’t we stop this, they want people held to account for the decisions taken and the brutality that we have seen.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=account for
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Account_for
3. ^ ChatGPT
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