account for

account for
transitive verb
1) (give reckoning) Rechenschaft od. Rechnung ablegen über (+ Akk.)
2) (explain) erklären
3) (represent in amount) ausmachen; ergeben
* * *
(to give a reason for; to explain: I can account for the mistake.) erklären
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vi +prep obj
1) (= explain) erklären; (= give account of) actions, expenditure Rechenschaft ablegen über (+acc)

how do you account for it? — wie erklären Sie sich (dat) das?

he wasn't able to account for the missing money — er konnte den Verbleib des fehlenden Geldes nicht erklären

all the children were/all the money was accounted for — der Verbleib aller Kinder/des (ganzen) Geldes war bekannt, man wusste, wo die Kinder alle waren/wo das Geld (geblieben) war

there's no accounting for taste — über Geschmack lässt sich (nicht) streiten

2) (= be the source of) der Grund sein für

this area accounts for most of the country's mineral wealth — aus dieser Gegend stammen die meisten Bodenschätze des Landes

this area alone accounts for some 25% of the population — diese Gegend allein macht etwa 25% der Bevölkerung aus

he accounts for most of the accidents — die meisten Unfälle gehen auf sein Konto (inf)

3) (= be the cause of defeat, destruction etc of) zur Strecke bringen; (illness) dahinraffen; chances zunichtemachen

Proctor accounted for five Australian batsmen — Proctor hat fünf australische Schlagmänner ausgeschlagen

* * *
transitive verb
1) (give reckoning) Rechenschaft od. Rechnung ablegen über (+ Akk.)
2) (explain) erklären
3) (represent in amount) ausmachen; ergeben
* * *
v.
Rechenschaft ablegen über ausdr.
abrechnen (Spesen) v.
ausmachen v.
betragen v.
erklären v.
nachweisen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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