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| on account of |
| 1. prep. Because of, due to, owing to. |
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| 2. prep. For the sake of. |
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| 3. conj. (colloquial) On account of the fact that: because, since. |
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| on |
| 1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. |
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| 2. adj. Performing according to schedule. |
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| Are we still on for tonight? |
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| Is the show still on? |
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| 3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. |
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| account |
| 1. n. (accounting) 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. |
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| 2. n. (banking) A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal. |
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| to keep one's account at the bank. |
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| 3. n. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done. |
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| No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. |
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| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. |
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| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". |
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| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). |
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| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). |
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| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. |
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