Acount vs. Account: What's the Difference?

Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Published on October 15, 2023
"Acount" is the incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Account," referring to a record or statement of financial expenditure or receipts.

Which is correct: Acount or Account
How to spell Account?

Acount is Incorrect

Account is Correct
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Key Differences
"Account" has two 'c's, like the double 'c' in "accurate."

Sawaira Riaz
Oct 15, 2023
Think of the word "count" within "account" to remember its spelling.

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Oct 15, 2023
Visualize a ledger for your "account," emphasizing the double 'c.'

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Oct 15, 2023
Link "account" with "amount," both related to money and both have 'c' followed by 'o'.

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Oct 15, 2023
Associate "account" with accountability, where the double 'c' remains consistent.

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Oct 15, 2023
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Acount and Account Definitions
Account
A record summarizing all the information about a particular financial transaction.
I need to check my bank account balance.

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Oct 08, 2023
Account
A report or description of an event or experience.
She gave a detailed account of the meeting.

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Oct 08, 2023
Account
An arrangement with a bank to keep money there and to allow withdrawals.
My savings account has a good interest rate.

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Oct 08, 2023
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Account
A reason given for a particular action or event
What is the account for this loss?.

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Oct 08, 2023
Account
A report relating to one's conduct
Gave a satisfactory account of herself.

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Account
A formal banking, brokerage, or business relationship established to provide for regular services, dealings, and other financial transactions.

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Account
A customer having a business or credit relationship with a firm
Salespeople visiting their accounts.

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Account
A private access to a computer system or online service, usually requiring a password to enter.

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Account
(accounting) 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.

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Account
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.

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Account
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
Don't trouble yourself on my account.
On no account
On every account
On all accounts

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Account
Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
I've opened an account with Wikipedia so that I can contribute and partake in the project.

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Account
(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.

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Account
(uncountable) Profit; advantage.
The young man soon turned his woodworking skills to some account.

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Account
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

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Account
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
We must account for the use of our opportunities.

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Account
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
Idleness accounts for poverty.

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Account
(intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
After the crash, not all passengers were accounted for.

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Account
(intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).

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Account
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
A beggarly account of empty boxes.

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Account
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; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

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Account
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.

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Account
A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.

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Account
A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
Give an account of thy stewardship.

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Account
Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.

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Account
To reckon; to compute; to count.
The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted.

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Account
To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; - with to.

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Account
To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
Accounting that God was able to raise him up.

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Account
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

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Account
To render an account; to answer in judgment; - with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.

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Account
To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; - with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century.

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Account
A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services;
He asked to see the executive who handled his account

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Account
The act of informing by verbal report;
He heard reports that they were causing trouble
By all accounts they were a happy couple

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Account
A record or narrative description of past events;
A history of France
He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
The story of exposure to lead

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Account
A short account of the news;
The report of his speech
The story was on the 11 o'clock news
The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious

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Account
A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;
They send me an accounting every month

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Account
A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;
The explanation was very simple
I expected a brief account

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Account
An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;
He paid his bill and left
Send me an account of what I owe

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Account
Grounds;
Don't do it on my account
The paper was rejected on account of its length
He tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful

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Account
Importance or value;
A person of considerable account
He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance

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Account
The quality of taking advantage;
She turned her writing skills to good account

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Account
Be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something;
Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam

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Account
To give an account or representation of in words;
Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental

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Account
Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation;
I can't account for the missing money

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Account
A client's business given to a supplier.
The advertising agency won a new account.

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Account
Consideration of something in action or decision-making.
Safety measures were taken into account during construction.

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FAQs
Which vowel is used before Account?
The vowel "o" is used before the "u" in "Account."

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Oct 15, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Account?
Any conjunction can be used based on the context and sentence structure.

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Oct 15, 2023
Is Account an abstract noun?
Yes, in certain uses, such as a description or explanation, it's an abstract noun.

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Oct 15, 2023
Which article is used with Account?
Both "an" and "the" can be used, e.g., "an account" or "the account."

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Is Account a noun or adjective?
"Account" is primarily a noun, but it can be used adjectivally in certain contexts.

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Why is it called Account?
It's called "Account" derived from the Old French word "aconter," which means to account or reckon.

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What is the root word of Account?
The root word is "count," derived from Latin "computare," meaning to compute or reckon.

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Oct 15, 2023
Which preposition is used with Account?
The preposition "on," "for," or "into" can be used with "account," as in "on account of," "account for," or "take into account."

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Is Account a negative or positive word?
It's neutral, but context can provide it with either a positive or negative connotation.

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Oct 15, 2023
What is a stressed syllable in Account?
The second syllable "count" is stressed in "Account."

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Oct 15, 2023
What is the opposite of Account?
There isn't a direct opposite, but "disregard" can be an opposite in certain contexts (e.g., not taking into account).

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Oct 15, 2023
Is Account a vowel or consonant?
"Account" is a word and contains both vowels and consonants.

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Oct 15, 2023
What part of speech is Account?
"Account" is a noun, but it can also function as a verb in phrases like "account for."

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Which determiner is used with Account?
Determiners like "my," "your," "an," or "the" can be used based on context.

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How is Account used in a sentence?
"He opened a new account at the local bank."

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Is the Account term a metaphor?
Not inherently, but "account" can be used metaphorically in expressions like "on account of."

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Oct 15, 2023
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