Meaning accountable
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accountable able to be called on to explain ones actions. Ministers are accountable to Parliament for actions they take while in office
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accountable"answerable," literally "liable to be called to account," c. 1400 (mid-14c. in Anglo-French); see account (v.) + -able. Related: Accountably.
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accountableresponsible or answerable for something.
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accountableResponsible, answerable. [D03976]
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accountableable to be called on to explain ones actions. Ministers are accountable to Parliament for actions they take while in office
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accountableliable to account for one's actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did&quo [..]
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accountableBeing held responsible
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accountable1 : liable [ for the burglary] 2 : obliged to accept responsibility [the bank for payment of the check] ac·count·abil·i·ty [ə-kan-tə-bi-lə-tē] n
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accountable(adj) liable to account for one's actions
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accountableRequired or expected to justify actions or decisions; answerable and responsible.
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accountableTaking responsibility for an action or decision.
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accountablelang=en
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*: It may seem unwarrantable to couple in any respect the mast-head standers of the land with those of the sea; but that in truth it is not so, is plainly [..]
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