Definition of account

• a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account"
• the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
• a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"