A person providing an account of events. / A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.

plural of accountancy

plural of accounting

(transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed. / (transitive) To be the primary cause of

(colloquial) On account of the fact that: because, since.

On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figuratively) for the sake of. / (idiomatic) Because of, due to, owing to.

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

In an accountable manner.

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. / (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.