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Wednesday 12 June 2013

Collocations: account

account noun
1 description
adjective
brief , short
blow-by-blow ( informal ) , comprehensive , detailed , full , graphic
He gave us a blow-by-blow ~ of the incident.
fascinating , vivid
accurate , clear , factual , true
eyewitness , first-hand , personal
glowing , good
She received a glowing ~ of her son's progress.
media , news ( AmE ) , newspaper
the newspaper ~ of the trial
fictional , fictionalized
autobiographical
historical
biblical
verb + account
give (sb) , offer , provide (sb with) , write (sb)
Can you give us an ~ of what happened?
publish
preposition
in an/the   ~
Dr Richards describes this very well in his ~ of the events.
phrases
by all ~s (= according to what people say)
I've never been there, but it's a beautiful place by all ~s.
by sb's own ~
By his own ~ he had an unhappy childhood.
2 arrangement with a bank
adjective
bank , building-society ( BrE )
checking ( AmE ) , cheque ( BrE ) , current
deposit ( BrE ) , investment , savings
personal
business
individual , joint , separate
My husband and I have separate ~s.
numbered , private ( esp. AmE )
They have a numbered ~ in Switzerland.
high - interest , interest - bearing , tax-free
offshore
brokerage ( esp. AmE ) , money-market , trust
retirement ( esp. AmE )
verb + account
have , hold
Go and see the manager of the bank where your ~ is held.
close , open
She opened a savings ~ at the bank.
credit sth to , pay sth into ( esp. BrE ) , put sth into
The money will be credited to your ~ tomorrow.
debit (sth from) , draw sth out of , pay sth from , take sth out of , withdraw sth from
She had taken all her money out of her ~.
access
empty , overdraw
Your ~ is overdrawn.
account + noun
number
holder
balance
preposition
~   at
He opened an ~ at a bank in Germany.
~   with
I have an ~ with another bank.
3 ( usually accounts ) record of money earned/spent
adjective
profit and loss ~
~s payable , ~s receivable
verb + account
do , keep
Try to keep accurate ~s.
audit , check , look at
submit
Your ~s will need to be submitted to the tax office.
publish
account + verb
be in order
The ~s are all in order.
account + noun
~ book
~ balance
4 arrangement with a shop / store , etc.
adjective
expense (= an arrangement to charge expenses to your own employers)
Clients are often taken for expense ~ lunches.
charge (= an arrangement with a shop / store to pay bills for goods or services at a later time) ( AmE ) , credit ( BrE )
email , user
verb + account
have
create , open
I'd like to open an ~, please.
close
pay off , settle
It is best to settle the ~ each month.
charge sth to , debit (sth from) , put sth on
Charge this to my ~, please.
credit sth to
preposition
on   ~
Call a cab on ~.
~   at , ~   with
an ~ with a large store

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