Synonyms for account for
ac·count for

Princeton's WordNet

1. account forverb

   be the reason or explanation for

   "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

2. account forverb

   give reasons for

   "Can you account for all these absences?"

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1. Jon Cunliffe:

   But as the financial crisis showed us, you don’t have to account for a large proportion of the financial sector to trigger financial stability problems – sub-prime was valued at around $1.2 trillion in 2008.

2. The Brussels-based Commission:

   While services account for two-thirds of the EU economy, the cross-border provision of services is underdeveloped, removing unjustified barriers ... would create huge opportunities for new companies to enter the market, improve competitiveness and lower prices for consumers.

3. Sir Arthur Eddington:

   We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo It is our own.

4. Victoria Taylor:

   Although this study found that eating more vegetables wasn't associated with a lower risk of heart and circulatory diseases once other lifestyle and other factors were taken into account, that doesn't mean we should stop eating vegetables, there is good trial evidence that eating foods rich in fibre such as vegetables, can help lower weight, and improve levels of risk factors known to cause heart disease. The present observational study can not overcome such evidence and its conclusions can be debated since the authors may have over adjusted for factors that account for lower intake of vegetables.

5. Erin Michos:

   We know that cardiac damage is a marker for more mortality, this study clearly showed that even after you account for age and pre-existing cardiovascular disease, there was a still four-fold increased risk of dying. That's really important.