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on account of en · ADP

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Meanings

1. On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
   • […] and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty. 1842 August 29, Treaty of Nanking
2. (idiomatic) Because of, due to, owing to.
   • The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made. 1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:
   • ‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’ ‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian. ‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’ 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, pages 18–19:

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Translations (36)

fr en raison de (because of, owing to) · lv tāpēc (because of, owing to) · pt devido a (because of, owing to) · lv tāpēc ka (because of, owing to) · es por mor de (because of, owing to) · ru в силу (because of, owing to) · fi vuoksi (because of, owing to) · ru ради (For the sake of) · vo demü (because of, owing to) · fi johdosta (because of, owing to) · la propter (because of, owing to) · ca a causa de (because of, owing to) · lv tādēļ ka (because of, owing to) · ar بِسَبَب (because of, owing to) · sa हि (because of, owing to) · cy ar gyfrif (because of, owing to) · ar لِأَن (because of, owing to) · no av hensyn til (because of, owing to) · la ob (because of, owing to) · pl z racji (because of, owing to) · fi takia (because of, owing to) · es a causa de (because of, owing to) · pl dla (For the sake of) · gd ri linn (because of, owing to) · pl na (For the sake of) · ga mar gheall ar (because of, owing to) · ta பொருட்டு (For the sake of) · de aufgrund (because of, owing to) · eo pro (because of, owing to) · hu miatt (because of, owing to) · ta பொருட்டு (because of, owing to) · grc ἕνεκα (because of, owing to) · lv tādēļ (because of, owing to) · bi from (because of, owing to) · arz بسبب (because of, owing to) · es debido a (because of, owing to)

on account of en · CCONJ

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Meanings

1. (colloquial) On account of the fact that: because, since.
   • Truth is I was the kind of fellow who people would run away from when they seen me coming on account of I was so full of facts and names and places and families I had to tell about. 1999, Craig S. Womack, Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 216:
   • After that, I resumed walking, on account of it involves little contact with strangers. 2015, Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island, page 84:
   • […] I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them. 1998, Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Broadway Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 213:

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on account

Synonyms

as · seeing that · given that