account for

Verb

 * 1)  To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
 * , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, W. R. Caldwell & Co. (1905), page 78:
 * “ But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for.”
 * 1)  To be the primary cause of
 * 2)  To constitute in amount or portion.
 * 3)  To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
 * 4)  To be answerable for.
 * 5)  To destroy or put out of action.
 * 6)  To kill, as in hunting.
 * He accounted for two deer today.
 * 1)  To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
 * 2)  To be answerable for.
 * 3)  To destroy or put out of action.
 * 4)  To kill, as in hunting.
 * He accounted for two deer today.
 * 1)  To kill, as in hunting.
 * He accounted for two deer today.
 * 1)  To kill, as in hunting.
 * He accounted for two deer today.

Derived terms

 * there's no accounting for taste

Translations

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 * Portuguese: prestar conta, prestar contas
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