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What is the verb for accounting?

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account
  1. to provide explanation
    1. (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th-17th c.]
    2. (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. [from 14th c.]
    3. (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described). [from 14th c.]
    4. (intransitive) To consider that. [from 14th c.]
    5. (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. [from 15th c.]
    6. (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. [from 16th c.]
    7. (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. [from 16th c.]
    8. (intransitive) To establish the location for someone. [from 19th c.]
    9. (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). [from 19th c.]
  2. to count
    1. (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
    2. (obsolete) To count (up), enumerate. [14th-17th c.]
    3. (obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). [14th-16th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I account myself lucky to have such a wonderful family.”
accounting
accounts
accounteth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accountest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of account
accountedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of account
accounted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of account
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In 1862 Deck took part in the International Exhibition in London, which he accounted a great success.”
      “Factory never accounted to us for all the records we'd sold, so we had no idea how much money we were losing.”
      “Swimmers and waders accounted for only 37 percent, though many more people swim or wade than surf or windsurf.”
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