verbo intransitivo
Definición 1
Give reckoning of (money or money's worth held in trust).
Fuente: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Contexto: When Must Accountants Account?
Fuente: journals.cambridge.org (title of issue 48 of the 'Cambridge Law Journal', published online on 16 Jan 2009)
Definición 2
Justify, explain (one's own or other's conduct, behaviour, etc.).
Fuente: Invertext
Contexto: What could account for such behaviour? The judgement of McClellan's biographer, Stephen Sears, is harsh: the general "had lost the courage to command".
Fuente: questia.com