Meaning & use
Accounted
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Gave a satisfactory explanation for something, or considered or regarded in a particular way.
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The manager accounted for every dollar spent on the project.
He was accounted a hero after saving the child from the fire.
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Past tense of 'account,' commonly used in the phrase 'accounted for,' meaning explained or included in a total.
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