Offshore Definition–adverb | 1. | off or away from the shore: They pushed the boat offshore. |
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distance from the shore, on a body of water: looking for oil offshore. | –adjective | 4. | moving or tending away from the shore toward or into a body of water: an offshore wind. | | 5. | located or operating on a body of water, at some distance from the shore: offshore fisheries. | | 6. | registered, located, conducted, or operated in a foreign country: an off-shore investment company; off-shore manufacture of car parts. | |
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Bank Definition–noun | 1. | a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. | | 3. | Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. | | 4. | a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation. | | 5. | Coal Mining. the surfa
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ce around the mouth of a shaft. | | 7. | Aeronautics. the lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn. | | 8. | Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to border with or like a bank; embank: banking the river with sandbags at flood stage. | | 10. | to form into a bank or heap (usually fol. by up): to bank up the snow. | | 11. | to build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. | | 12. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally. | | 13. | Billiards, Pool. | a. | to drive (a ball) to the cushion. | | b. | to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank. | | | 14. | to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly. | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow. | | 16. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline an airplane laterally. | | 17. | Horology. (of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like. | | 18. | (of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. | |
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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.
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| | 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 piece of work. | | 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. | | | 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. | | –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
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to account, | a. | to hold accountable; blame; reprimand: Call them to account for having endangered their lives. | | b. | ask for an explanation of. | | | 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. | | | 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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