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account [əˈkaʊnt]1. nouna. compte m• to pay £50 on account verser un acompte de 50 livres• cash or account? (in hotel, bar) vous payez comptant ou je le mets sur votre note ?b. ( = explanation) explication f► to take + account• to take sth/sb into account tenir compte de qch/qn• to take no account of sth ne pas tenir compte de qch► on + account• on this or that account pour cette raison2. plural nounaccounts ( = calculation) comptabilité f• to do/keep the accounts faire/tenir la comptabilité3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]account ≠ acompte━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = explain, justify) [+ expenses, one's conduct] justifier ; [+ circumstances] expliquer• there's no accounting for taste(PROV) chacun son goût• three people have not yet been accounted for (after accident) trois personnes n'ont pas encore été retrouvéesb. ( = represent) représenter• this accounts for 10% of the total cela représente 10 % du chiffre total* * *[ə'kaʊnt] 1.1) (in bank, post office) compte m (at, with à)in my/his account — sur mon/son compte
2) Commerce ( credit arrangement) compte mto charge something to ou put something on somebody's account — mettre quelque chose sur le compte de quelqu'un
on account — ( as part payment) d'acompte
to settle an account — ( in shop) régler un compte; ( in hotel) régler une note
3) ( in advertising) budget m (de publicité)4) ( bill) facture f5) ( consideration)to take something into account —
6) ( description) compte-rendu m; ( if contentious) version f7) ( impression)8) ( indicating reason)on this ou that account — pour cette raison
on my/his account — (because of me/him) à cause de moi/lui
10) ( importance)2.accounts plural noun2) ( department) (service m) comptabilité f3.transitive verb soutPhrasal Verbs:
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