Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

(about a place) possible to be reached or entered: Employers must ensure that their workplaces are accessible to the disabled.

easy to understand or use: The report is accessible to non-economists.

► accessibility /ak.sesa'bilati/ noun [U]

accessory /ak'sesari/ noun [c, usually pi.] (plural accessories)

an extra piece of equipment that you can add to sth and is useful or attractive but not essential: The company is a leading manufacturer of computer accessories.

a thing that you can wear or carry that matches your clothes, for example a belt or a bag: fashion accessories

small items that are sold to be used for a particular purpose or in a particular place: kitchen/ office/bathroom accessories

'accident insurance noun [u] a type of insurance in which money is paid for injury or death caused by an accident

accommodate /a'kDmadeit; AmEa'kaim-/ verb [+ obj]

to have enough space for sb/sth: There is a seven- level garage that accommodates 1400 cars.

to help sb by doing or providing what they want: The company refused to accommodate her by moving her work closer to her home.

to consider sth and be influenced by it when you are designing sth or deciding what to do: Most cubicles fail to accommodate computers in their design.

accommodation /a.kDma'deiJn; AmEa,ka:m-/ noun

[u] (BrE) {AmE a.ccommo'dations [pi.]) a place to live, work or stay in (BrЈ): We have moved to temporary accommodation, о (AmE) There is a shortage of good office accommodations in the area.

(format) [U; C, usually sing.] a satisfactory agreement or arrangement between people or groups with different opinions: We hope to arrive at/reach an accommodation with the trade unions.

(Finance) [sing.] (especially АтЁ) money that is lent for a short time, especially because sb has an urgent need for it, before a formal arrangement is made

accommodations = accommodation (l) -A-account /a'kaunt/ noun, verb • noun [C]

see also: adjustment account, appropriation approved asset bank banking etc.

an account of your expenses, о an itemized account

accounts

(Marketing) a regular customer who does a lot of business with a company, especially a company working in advertising, marketing or public relations: the agency's pitch for the Pepsi account о a sales rep who's chasing a million-dollar account

О to chase/land/lose/pitch for/win an account

(IT) an arrangement that sb has with a company that allows them to use the Internet or to receive, store and send emails: You will need to set up an account with an Internet Service Provider.

to get/have/set up/sign up for an account ♦ to access/log onto your account

[Ж1 on ac'count 1 to be paid for later: Can I buy the printer on account? 2 as part of the full amount you need to pay: You could pay some of your tax bill on account.

verb

ШЗЭ ac'count for sth 1 to form or be the source of a particular amount: Sales to Europe accounted for 80% of our total sales last year. 2 to give an explanation of sth; to be the explanation or cause of sth: We cannot account for the sudden fall in the company's share price, о The low inflation rate is accounted for by the falling prices of goods. 3 (Accounting) to record an amount in a company's financial records in a particular way: The capital gain has been accounted for in the profit and loss account. -> unaccounted for

^accountable /a'kauntabl/ adjective [not usually before noun]