accountable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌˈkaʊntəbl̩/, SAMPA: /V"kaUnt@b@l/

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Adjective

accountable (comparative more accountable, superlative most accountable)

1. Having accountability (individuals have accountability).
2. Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
3. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable;

   Every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

   You will be held accountable for your misdemeanors.

4. Being answerable for.
5. Being liable for.
6. (rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable.

   • True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. - Benjamin Whichcote

Synonyms

• amenable, responsible, liable, answerable

Translations

Having accountability

Afrikaans: verantwoordelik, aanspreeklik Bulgarian: отговорен (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 有責任的 (zh), 有解說義務的 (zh) Dutch: verantwoordelijk (nl), aansprakelijk (nl) Finnish: vastuussa oleva, vastuullinen

French: responsable (fr) m. and f. German: verantwortlich (de) Spanish: responsable (es) West Frisian: ferantwurdlik

Requiring accountability

Dutch: verklaarbaar Finnish: vastuullinen (fi)

West Frisian: ferklearber

Liable to be called on to render an account

Bulgarian: подотчетен (bg)

French: responsable (fr) m. and f. Greek: υπόλογος (el)

Capable of being accounted for; explicable

Finnish: selitettävissä oleva French: expliquable (fr) m. and f.

Greek: ευεξήγητος (el) Icelandic: skýranlegur (is) m.

Items such as airline tickets, whose issue must be recorded by the issuing authority and matched up again after use

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Catalan: responsable Interlingua: responsabile

Italian: responsabile Portuguese: responsable