| 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. |
| acct. |
abbreviation of "accountant." |
| acculturate |
to modify (one culture) by contact with another culture. [3 definitions] |
| acculturation |
in sociology, the process of taking on the ways and values of a society or group. |