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| NOUN: | 1. A precise list of fees or charges: bill1, check, invoice, reckoning, statement. Informal : tab. See PAY. 2. A statement of causes or motives: explanation, justification, rationale, rationalization, reason. See EXPLAIN. 3. A feeling of deference, approval, and liking: admiration, appreciation, consideration, esteem, estimation, favor, honor, regard, respect. See RESPECT. 4. A recounting of past events: chronicle, description, history, narration, narrative, report, statement, story, version. See WORDS. 5. The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end: advantage, avail, benefit, profit, use, usefulness, utility. See USED. 6. A measure of those qualities that determine merit, desirability, usefulness, or importance: valuation, value, worth. See VALUE. | | VERB: | To look upon in a particular way: consider, deem, esteem, reckon, regard, see, view. See PERSPECTIVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | account for To offer reasons for or a cause of: explain, justify, rationalize. See EXPLAIN.
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