account for vs give an account

account for

verb
  • To destroy or put out of action. 

  • To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things. 

  • To be answerable for. 

  • To be the primary cause of 

  • To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed. 

  • To constitute in amount or portion. 

give an account

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