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Merchant Definition–noun | 1. | a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader. |
| 2. | a storekeeper; retailer: a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street. |
| 3. | Chiefly British. a wholesaler. |
–adjective | 4. | pertaining to or used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship. |
| 5. | pertaining to the merchant marine. |
| 6. | Steelmaking. (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size. |
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Account Definition–noun | 1. | an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip. |
| 2. | an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior. |
| 3. | a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event. |
| 4. | reason; basis: On this account I'm refusing your offer. |
| 5. | importance; worth; value; consequence: things of no account. |
| 6. | estimation; judgment: In his account it was an excellent
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| 7. | an amount of money deposited with a bank, as in a checking or savings account: My account is now with Third National. |
| 8. | Also called charge account. an accommodation or service extended by a business to a customer or client permitting the charging of goods or services, the returning for credit of unsatisfactory merchandise, etc.: Do you have an account at this store? My account with the restaurant is past due. |
| 9. | a statement of financial transactions. |
10.Bookkeeping. | a. | a formal record of the debits and credits relating to the person, business, etc., named at the head of the ledger account. |
| b. | a balance of a specified period's receipts and expenditures. |
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| 11. | Commerce. | a. | a business relation in which credit is used. |
| b. | any customer or client, esp. one carried on a regular credit basis. |
| c. | Also called advertising account. the business assigned to an advertising agency by a client: The toothpaste account was awarded to a new agency last year. |
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–verb (used without object) | 12. | to give an explanation (usually fol. by for): to account for the accident. |
| 13. | to answer concerning one's conduct, duties, etc. (usually fol. by for): to account for the missing typewriters. |
| 14. | to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent. |
| 15. | to cause (usually fol. by for): The humidity accounts for our discomfort. His reckless driving accounted for the accident. |
–verb (used with object) | 16. | to regard; consider as: I account myself well paid. |
| 17. | to assign or impute (usually fol. by to): the many virtues accounted to him. |
—Idioms| 18. | call to account, | a. | to hold accountable; blame; reprimand: Call them to account for having endangered their lives. |
| b. | ask for an explanation of. |
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| 19. | give a good (bad, etc.) account of, to do something or conduct oneself in a good (bad, etc.) manner: She gave a good account of herself in the tennis tournament. |
| 20. | hold to account, to hold responsible; hold accountable or culpable: If any of the silver is missing, I'm going to hold you to account. |
| 21. | on account, as an installment or a partial payment: I can't pay the balance, but here's $10 on account. |
| 22. | on account of, | a. | by reason of; because of. | |
| b. | for the sake of: She saw it through on account of me. |
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| 23. | on all accounts, in any case; under any circumstances. Also, at all accounts. |
| 24. | on no account, under no circumstances; absolutely not: On no account should you buy that painting without having it appraised. |
| 25. | take account of, | a. | to make allowance for; consider: One must take account of the difficult circumstances. Taking account of the high overhead, the price is not excessive. |
Also, take into account. |
| 26. | turn to account, to derive profit or use from; turn to advantage: She has turned her misfortunes to account. |
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