Meanings
alternative on something's account · alternative on account thereof · alternative onaccounta
- On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
1 more example
[…] 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.
1842 August 29, Treaty of Nanking - idiomaticBecause of, due to, owing to.
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.
1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 1571 more example
‘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.[…]’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, pages 18–19
alternative on something's account · alternative on account thereof · alternative onaccounta
- colloquialOn account of the fact that: because, since.
After that, I resumed walking, on account of it involves little contact with strangers.
2015, Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island, page 842 more examples
[…] I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them.
1998, Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Broadway Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 213Truth 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.
1999, Craig S. Womack, Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 216Synonyms: as, given that, seeing that
Synonyms & antonyms
conjunctionOn account of the fact that: because, since.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἕνεκα
- ἕνεκα (héneka)because of, owing to
Arabic بِسَبَب, لِأَن
- بِسَبَب (bisabab)because of, owing to
- لِأَن (liʔan)because of, owing to
Catalan a causa de
- a causa debecause of, owing to
Esperanto pro
- probecause of, owing to
Finnish takia, vuoksi
- takiabecause of, owing to
- vuoksibecause of, owing to
- johdostabecause of, owing to
French en raison de
- en raison debecause of, owing to
German aufgrund
- aufgrundbecause of, owing to
Hungarian miatt
- miattbecause of, owing to
Irish mar gheall ar
- mar gheall arbecause of, owing to
Latin propter, ob
- propterbecause of, owing to
- obbecause of, owing to
Latvian tādēļ ka, tādēļ
- tādēļ kabecause of, owing to
- tādēļbecause of, owing to
- tāpēc kabecause of, owing to
- tāpēcbecause of, owing to
Norwegian av hensyn til
- av hensyn tilbecause of, owing to
Polish dla, na
- dlaFor the sake of
- naFor the sake of
- z racjibecause of, owing to
Portuguese devido a
- devido abecause of, owing to
Russian ради, в силу
- ради (radi)For the sake of
- в силу (v silu)because of, owing to
Scottish Gaelic ri linn
- ri linnbecause of, owing to
Spanish a causa de, por mor de
- a causa debecause of, owing to
- por mor debecause of, owing to
- debido abecause of, owing to
Tamil பொருட்டு, பொருட்டு
- பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu)For the sake of
- பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu)because of, owing to
Welsh ar gyfrif
- ar gyfrifbecause of, owing to
Cite this entry
on account of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20account%20of
“on account of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20account%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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