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1accountable — UK US /əˈkaʊntəbl/ adjective ► responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it: hold sb accountable »Our board will hold me accountable if anything goes wrong. accountable for (doing) sth »Mortgage brokers should be… …
2Accountable autonomy — is a concept by political scientist Archon Fung that denotes a particular institutional design of administrative and democratic organization which tries to get the most out of civic participation and deliberation. Accountable autonomy addresses… …
3accountable — ac·count·able /ə kau̇n tə bəl/ adj 1: liable accountable for the burglary 2: obliged to accept responsibility the bank accountable for payment of the check ac·count·abil·i·ty /ə ˌkau̇n tə …
4accountable — is mostly used in the construction to be accountable to someone for something: e.g. • Labour MPs…would at least have the authority to keep a Labour government accountable to them for what they say and do Tony Benn, 1979. Its old use as an… …
5Accountable — Ac*count a*ble, a. 1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.] [1913 Webster] True religion . . . intelligible …
6Accountable Fundraising — is the term used to describe a Non profit organization holding its members accountable for their donations by showing them the direct impact of their fundraising efforts. This accountability usually comes in the form of a vote, where the members… …
7Accountable ness — Ac*count a*ble ness, n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. [1913 Webster] …
8Accountable America — is a left wing political group created in the summer of 2008 to attempt to reduce political donations to conservative 527 groups by frightening donors. [ Group Plans Campaign Against G.O.P. Donors, by MICHAEL LUO, New York Times, August 7, 2008,… …
9accountable — (adj.) answerable, lit. liable to be called to account, c.1400 (mid 14c. in Anglo French); see ACCOUNT (Cf. account) (v.) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Accountably …
10accountable — *responsible, answerable, amenable, liable Antonyms: unaccountable Contrasted words: *absolute, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, arbitrary: irresponsible, inamenable, unanswerable (see affirmative adjectives at RESPONSIBLE) …
