account

compte, compte bancaire

Compte ouvert auprès d’une banque ou d’une entreprise pour garder de l’argent ou utiliser ses services.

En anglais simple : An arrangement with a bank or company that lets you keep money or use its services.

• I opened a bank account.
• How much money is in your account?
• We closed our account with that company.

Comment l'utiliser : an account with something (She has an account with the local bank.)

Expressions courantes : bank account, open an account, savings account

comptes, livres comptables

Documents indiquant l’argent reçu et dépensé par une personne ou une entreprise.

En anglais simple : Written information showing money a person or business receives and spends.

• The accounts show all our expenses.
• An accountant checks the company accounts each year.
• She found a mistake in last month’s accounts.

Synonymes : books, financial records

Expressions courantes : company account, annual account, check an account, file an account

récit, compte rendu

Description orale ou écrite de ce qui s’est passé.

En anglais simple : A spoken or written description of what happened.

• He gave a clear account of the trip.
• Their accounts of the meeting were very different.
• We read a survivor’s account of the storm.

Comment l'utiliser : an account of something (She gave an account of the accident.)

Synonymes : description, report, narrative

Expressions courantes : give an account, detailed account, eyewitness account

considération

S’emploie dans des expressions indiquant qu’on tient compte de quelque chose pour prendre une décision.

En anglais simple : Used in expressions about considering something when making a decision.

• Please take the cost into account.
• We took account of everyone’s views.
• Did you take the travel time into account?

Comment l'utiliser : take something into account (We must take your needs into account.); take account of something (The plan takes account of the weather.)

Synonymes : consideration

Expressions courantes : take into account, take account of

explication

Explication des raisons d’un événement ou du comportement d’une personne.

En anglais simple : An explanation of why something happened or why someone acted in a certain way.

• We need an account of why this happened.
• Her theory gives a convincing account of the changes.
• No satisfactory account of his decision has been offered.

Comment l'utiliser : an account of something (The theory offers an account of how these changes happened.)

Synonymes : explanation

Expressions courantes : satisfactory account, convincing account, account of something

représenter, constituer

Représenter une partie ou une quantité du total ; s’emploie généralement sous la forme «account for».

En anglais simple : To form a particular part or amount of a total.

• Rent accounts for half my income.
• Online orders accounted for most sales last year.
• How much of the budget does transport account for?

Comment l'utiliser : account for an amount/share of something (Food costs account for a quarter of our spending.)

Synonymes : make up, constitute, represent

Expressions courantes : account for half, account for something

expliquer

Expliquer pourquoi quelque chose arrive ou est vrai ; s’emploie généralement sous la forme «account for».

En anglais simple : To explain why something happens or is true.

• The rain accounts for the empty streets.
• His illness accounted for his absence.
• Can this theory account for the different results?

Comment l'utiliser : account for something (Heavy traffic accounts for the delay.)

Synonymes : explain

Expressions courantes : account for something, account for differences

rendre compte de, justifier

Montrer comment l’argent reçu a été dépensé ou géré.

En anglais simple : To show how money received has been spent or managed.

• You must account for the missing money.
• She accounted for every penny she received.
• The officer accounts to the treasurer for all expenses.

Comment l'utiliser : account for money/funds (You must account for every payment.); account to someone for something (The manager must account to the board for the funds spent.)

Synonymes : justify, give an accounting of

Expressions courantes : account for funds, account to someone