noun

accounts

Translation

accounts, reports, descriptions

I have two bank accounts.

The newspaper published several accounts of the event.

He keeps the company's accounts.

((bank accounts)) financial accounts held at a bank. You should check your bank accounts regularly.

((accounts of sth.)) reports or descriptions of an event. There were conflicting accounts of the accident.

Synonyms: records, reports, statements (financial); narratives, descriptions (reports)

Plural of 'account', from Old French 'aconter' (to count, reckon).

Think of 'accounts' as multiple ways to 'count' things: money in a bank, or details in a story.