What does on one's own account mean?

on one's own account

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

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"When a Kruman marries his first wife, he takes up his quarters in her father's house; when he is able to buy a few more he commences housekeeping on his own account, and then each wife has a separate hut for her own use."

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