ADJ

brief, short
blow-by-blow, comprehensive, detailed, full, graphic, vivid
He gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident
accurate, clear, eyewitness, factual, first-hand, true, verbatim
glowing, good
She received a glowing account of her son's progress
newspaper
the newspaper account of the trial

VERB + ACCOUNT

give (sb), provide (sb with), write (sb)
Can you give us an account of what happened?

PREP

in an/the ~
Dr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events

PHRASES

by all accounts (= according to what people say)
I've never been there, but it's a lovely place by all accounts
by sb's own account
By his own account he had an unhappy childhood

ADJ

bank, building society
current
deposit, investment, savings
personal
business
joint, separate
My husband and I have separate accounts
numbered
They have a numbered account in Switzerland

VERB + ACCOUNT

have, hold
Go and see the manager of the bank where your account is held
open
She opened a savings account at the building society
close
credit sth to, pay/put sth into
The money will be credited to your account tomorrow
debit (sth from), draw sth out (of), pay sth from, take sth out (of), withdraw sth (from)
She had taken all her money out of her account
overdraw
Your account is overdrawn

PREP

~ at
He opened an account at a bank in Germany
~ with
an account with Barclays Bank

VERB + ACCOUNT

do, keep
Try to keep accurate accounts
audit, check, look at
submit
Your accounts will need to be submitted to the tax office

ACCOUNT + VERB

be in order
The accounts are all in order

ADJ

expense (= an arrangement to charge expenses to your own employers)
taking clients for expense account lunches

VERB + ACCOUNT

have
open
I'd like to open an account, please
close
pay off, settle
It is best to settle the account each month
charge sth to, debit (sth from), put sth on
Charge this to my account, please
credit sth to

PREP

on ~
Ring for a cab on account
~ at/with
an account with a large store