on account of
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
prep
Example Sentences
- "[…] and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty."
- "The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made."
- "‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’ ‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian. ‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’"
- "[…] I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them."
- "Truth is I was the kind of fellow who people would run away from when they seen me coming on account of I was so full of facts and names and places and families I had to tell about."
- "After that, I resumed walking, on account of it involves little contact with strangers."