(accounting, computing, dated) A business machine, using keys or stored data, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals.

(accounting) A balance due to a creditor on a current account.

(transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.

plural of bank account

(Internet slang) An alternative computer account used by a known or experienced user in order to deceptively self-present as someone naïve or less experienced.

plural of smurf account

(accounting) An account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.

plural of suspense account

An account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn.

(accountancy) A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants / (Britain) A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales or Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland