Account

What “Account” means

Noun

1. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
2. A bank account.
3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
4. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
5. A record of events; a relation or narrative.

Verb

1. To provide explanation.
2. To provide explanation.
3. To provide explanation.
4. To provide explanation.
5. To provide explanation.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Old French conter Old French aconter Anglo-Norman acuntebor. Middle English acounte English account From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Old French conter Old French aconterder. English account From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count.

Business name ideas with “Account”

Industries where “Account” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Accounting Firm
• Offices of Certified Public Accountants