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Transitive verb "account for" #1 (permalink) Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:00 am   Transitive verb "account for"
 

Test No. incompl/inter-11 "Accounts", question 10

However hard I try, I find it impossible to account ......... this missing sum of money.

(a) with
(b) to
(c) for
(d) by

Test No. incompl/inter-11 "Accounts", answer 10

However hard I try, I find it impossible to account for this missing sum of money.

Correct answer: (c) for

Your answer was: correct
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Account for this #2 (permalink) Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:34 am   Account for this
 

What is your question?
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Sorry #3 (permalink) Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:57 am   Sorry
 

what I mean is: find the missing sum?
in other words: account for= find..?
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Find it impossible? #4 (permalink) Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:36 am   Find it impossible?
 

yes,..or it also means make up for that money, compensate if you will.
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Account for #5 (permalink) Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:07 am   Account for
 

Here it means explain what has happened to it.
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Account for #6 (permalink) Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:54 am   Account for
 

Does the phrase "to account for" always mean "to explain what happened" or is it just in this special case?
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Account for #7 (permalink) Mon Feb 27, 2006 13:04 pm   Account for
 

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account for (transitive verb)

1. explain something: to provide an explanation for something
And how do you account for his behavior?

2. be responsible for something: to be responsible for something or be an important factor in something
Export sales account for at least half of our total business.
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