The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Account \Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF.
   acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.]
   1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a
      record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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            A beggarly account of empty boxes.    --Shak.
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   2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed
      statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and
      also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review;
      as, to keep one's account at the bank.
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   3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc.,
      explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has
      been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often
      used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive,
      etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all
      accounts.
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   4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of
      transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a
      description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable
      account of the city of London." --Howell.
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   5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's
      conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
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            Give an account of thy stewardship.   --Luke xvi. 2.
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   6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand
      high in your account." --Shak.
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   7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of
      account." --Pope. "To turn to account." --Shak.
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   Account current, a running or continued account between two
      or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such
      an account.

   In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be
      kept.

   On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of.


   On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf.

   To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to
      reckon. [Obs.]
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            This other part . . . makes account to find no
            slender arguments for this assertion out of those
            very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.
                                                  --Milton.
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   To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as,
      he makes small account of beauty.

   To take account of, or to take into account, to take into
      consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no
      account."                                   --Milton
      .

   A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings
      demanding that the defendant shall render his just
      account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called
      also an action of account. --Cowell.
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   Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description;
        explanation; rehearsal.

   Usage: Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These
          words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a
          series of events. Account turns attention not so
          much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more
          properly applies to the report of some single event,
          or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an
          account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A
          narrative is a continuous story of connected
          incidents, such as one friend might tell to another;
          as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a
          narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually
          the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to
          describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers
          of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes
          a series of events drawn out into minute particulars,
          usually expressing something which peculiarly
          interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the
          recital of one's wrongs, disappointments,
          sufferings, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Account \Ac*count"\, v. i.
   1. To render or receive an account or relation of
      particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the
      treasurer for money received.
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   2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for;
      as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
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   3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to
      explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
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   To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only
      in the passive. "I account of her beauty." --Shak.
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            Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the
            sixteenth century.                    --Canon
                                                  Robinson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Account \Ac*count"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Accounting.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter,
   [`a] (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to
   count, L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
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   1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
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            The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are
            accounted.                            --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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   2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to
      assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon.
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   3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or
      consider; to deem.
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            Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb.
                                                  xi. 19.
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   4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

251 Moby Thesaurus words for "account":
   a reckoning of, account current, account for, account of,
   account rendered, account stated, accounting, accounts,
   acquaintance, acta, adjudge, adjudicate, advantage, aggregate,
   allow, allow for, allowance, amount, anecdotage, anecdote, annals,
   announcement, annual, answer for, approbation, approval,
   assessment, balance, bank account, bank balance, be judicious,
   benefit, bill, bill of account, bill of fare, bill of lading,
   blackmail, blood money, blue book, body count, books, box score,
   brief, briefing, bulletin, calculation, capitulation, carte,
   cash account, cast, catalog, census, census report, charge account,
   check, check of, checking account, chronicle, communication,
   communique, computation, consequence, consider, consideration,
   control account, conversion factor, correspondence, count,
   count of, credit, credit account, data, datum, deem, description,
   difference, directory, dispatch, documentation, dun,
   election returns, emolument, enlightenment, enumeration, epic,
   epos, esteem, estimation, evidence, exercise judgment,
   expense account, explain, explanation, express an opinion, face,
   face value, facts, factual information, familiarization, favor,
   fee, footing, form an opinion, gen, general information, guidebook,
   handout, hard information, head count, history, hold, honor,
   hush money, importance, incidental information, income account,
   info, information, initiation fee, instruction, intelligence,
   interest, inventory, invoice, itemized bill, judge, justify,
   knowledge, ledger, letters, light, list, manifest, market value,
   memorial, mention, menu, merit, message, mileage, minutes,
   narration, narrative, net worth, nose count, note, notice,
   notification, number, par value, pennyworth, pine, pipe roll,
   presentation, presume, proceedings, product, profit,
   promotional material, proof, provision account, publication,
   publicity, quantity, rate, recapitulation, recital, reckoning,
   record, recording, recount, recounting, regard, register, registry,
   rehearsal, relation, release, relic, remains, repertory, report,
   respect, retainer, retaining fee, returns, revenue account, roll,
   rolls, roster, rota, running account, saga, sake, sales account,
   savings account, score, scot, scroll, selling account, sidelight,
   significance, standing, statement, stipend, stock account, story,
   sum, summary, summation, summing, summing up, suppose,
   suspense account, tab, table, tabs of, take into consideration,
   take note of, tale, tally, tally of, the bottom line, the dope,
   the goods, the know, the record, the scoop, the story,
   the whole story, think of, token, total, trace, track of,
   transactions, transmission, tribute, use, valuation account, value,
   value received, vestige, white book, white paper, whole, word,
   worth, x number, yarn, yearbook