مرور Flashcards
1
Q
acount for
A
to give a reason or explanation for (something)
How do you account for your success?
2 : to be the cause of (something)
These new features account for the computer’s higher price.
3 : to make up or form (a part of something)
Women account for only 25 percent of our employees.
4 US : to think about (something) before doing something : to take (something) into consideration
The researchers failed to account for the fact that most of the students were poor.
to form part of a total:
High-tech companies account for 32% of the total value of the payrolls in the area.
to explain the reason for something or the cause of something:
