reaccount

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ account.

Verb

reaccount (third-person singular simple present reaccounts, present participle reaccounting, simple past and past participle reaccounted)

To account again.
1. To update financial accounts.
  - 1915, J. K. Roberts, Daniel Woolsey Crockett, Kentucky Opinions:
    The present action was brought by the heirs against the administrator Stone, his sureties and the purchasers of the land, asking that the sales of the land be set aside upon the ground that the decree of sale was void because the plaintiffs had not been served with process so as to make them parties to the action, alleging that the negligent conduct of the administrator in failing to dispose of the slaves was the cause of their loss and of the necessity to sell the land to pay the debts and asking that he be compelled to account for the value of the slaves, and to reaccount.
  - 1939, United States. Federal Power Commission, Opinions and Decisions of the Federal Power Commission:
    Briefly stated, they are: (1) Whether the company may now reaccount for interest during construction and add to cost of plant amounts for interest during construction not previously charged; (2) Whether the company may now reaccount for the administrative and general expenses previously charged to operating expenses and add a part thereof to its recorded plant cost; […]
  - 1978, John R. Taylor, How to Start and Succeed in a Business of Your Own, page 142:
    The business must be able to reaccount for the debts by customers, for the inventory on hand, and for other assets owned by the company.
2. To explain or describe again.
  - 1952, Annals of Saint Joseph - Volume 65, page 102:
    There seems to be no question that the apostolic charisma that shone on the foreheads of those who gathered centuries ago in the Upper Room have reappeared in other forms from time to time in the history of the Church. There is no need to reaccount all of them here.
  - 1980, Edward A. Mabry, Richard E. Barnes, The Dynamics of Small Group Communication, page 87:
    At any point in time behavior has meaning only to the extent that it can be reaccounted and interpreted in light of present circumstances.
  - 2005, Brian V. Street, Literacies Across Educational Contexts:
    Numerous studies reaccount reform trends, noting the enduring patterns, the resilience and intransigence of fundamental features of schooling—grouping students by age (see Ames, this volume, on "multigrade” schools in Peru), subjects taught in isolation—and the cyclical nature of reform efforts (Angus and Mirel 1999; Tyack and Cuban 1995; Kirst and Meister 1985).

Anagrams

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