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Account may refer to:

• Account (bookkeeping)
• A report
• A bank account
  • Deposit account
  • Personal account
  • Sweep account
  • Transaction account
• User account, the means by which a user can access a computer system
• Online account, such as e-mail account or FaceBook account.
• Customer of a company, used in B2B business. See account manager or account executive.

Wiktionary

1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning
2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
   • A laudable account of the city of London. - Howell
5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgement thereon.
   • Give an account of thy stewardship. - Luke 16:2
6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgement.
   • To stand high in your account - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-ii
7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
   • Men of account - Alexander Pope
   • To turn to account - Shakespeare
8. A subscription to a service.

   I've opened an account with Wikipedia so that I can contribute and partake in the project.