account

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a record or narrative description of past events
  2. noun a short account of the news
  3. noun a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services

Etymology

From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

history, chronicle, story

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