account

account
I (evaluation) noun appraisal, assessment, com pre rendu, enumeration, financial statement, ledger, list of receipts and payments, ratio, register, statement, statement of debits and credits, statement of pecuniary transactions, tally, valuation associated concepts: accounts payable, accounts receivable, account rendered, account stated, bank account, joint account, liquidated account, open account, totten trust account II (report) noun brief, description, history, memoir, memoria, narratio, narration, presentation, recapitulation, recital, record, review, saga, summary, summation III index amount (sum), behalf, bill (invoice), brief, calculate, census, computation, deem, delineation, description, distinction (reputation), entry (record), intelligence (news), invoice (bill), narration, rationale, reason (basis), recital, record, rendition (explication), report (detailed account), representation (statement), review (critical evaluation), roll, statement, story (narrative), tariff (bill), worth

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


account
n.
(1) A statement of financial events, debits, and credits.
(2) A body of funds held by one institution or individual on behalf of another.
(3) A description of an event.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


account
n.
1 A detailed record of a financial transaction, indicating the debits and credits between the parties to a contract or a fiduciary relationship.
2 The debt remaining to be paid, or the credit to be refunded, as indicated in such a record.
3 A detailed record of the financial transactions, business dealings, and other relations for which records must be kept.
4 In the Uniform Commercial Code, a right to payment for goods whose sale or lease, or for services whose performance, are not evidenced by a negotiable instrument or chattel paper.
5 A business relationship involving the management of money or the availability and use of credit.
6 In the common law, a legal action to require a person to account for money or property.
See also accounting. 7
A statement by which someone explains, or attempts to explain, an event.
8 In business, a particular client or customer.
See also joint account.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


account
A written list of transactions, noting money owed and money paid; a detailed statement of mutual demands arising out of a contract or a fiduciary relationship.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


account
A written list of transactions, noting money owed and money paid; a detailed statement of mutual demands arising out of a contract or a fiduciary relationship.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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