according to Hoyle |
according to the rules; correctly. |
accordion |
a portable musical instrument having a keyboard and a pleated bellows that forces air through metal reeds to produce tones. [2 definitions] |
accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. [2 definitions] |
accouchement |
childbirth, or a period of confinement for childbirth. |
account |
a story or report; narrative. [16 definitions] |
accountability |
the state or quality of being accountable. |
accountable |
responsible for providing a credible and respectable explanation or justification, esp. of one's own actions (usu. fol. by "for" or "to"). [2 definitions] |
accountancy |
the practices or profession of an accountant. |
accountant |
a person who examines and maintains the financial records of individuals or businesses. |
account executive |
in a company such as an advertising agency, a person responsible for managing one or more clients' accounts and often for securing new accounts. |
accounting |
the profession, system, or activity of recording and maintaining the records of financial transactions of individuals or businesses. |
account payable |
an amount owed to a creditor by a business, usu. for goods and services received. |
account receivable |
an amount owed to a business by a debtor, usu. for goods and services received. |
accouter |
to provide with equipment, esp. military equipment. |
accouterment |
(often pl.) one's outfit or equipment, esp. that of a soldier, exclusive of arms and uniform. [2 definitions] |
Accra |
the seaport capital of Ghana. |
accredit |
to give credit to or for; attribute to. [4 definitions] |
accreditable |
combined form of accredit. |
accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, esp. by additions from the outside. [3 definitions] |
accrual |
the act or process of accruing. [2 definitions] |
accrue |
to grow or accumulate over time, esp. as something of benefit. |