acount

English

Noun

acount

  1. Misspelling of account.
    • 1856, William Makepeace Thackeray, Burlesques‎:
      His banker's acount, I fear, is in a horrid state."
    • 1883, George Washington Williams, History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2)‎:
      No objection could be made to her admission, except on acount of her complexion, and Miss Crandall decided to receive her as a pupil.
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