单词 | to stand accountant |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand accountant Giving or liable to give an account (esp. of conduct or the performance of duties); accountable, responsible. Esp. in earlier use, to stand accountant. Chiefly to (a person), for (a thing). Obsolete.In early use with plural inflection: see etymological note. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable accountablec1400 accountant1429 answerable1446 responsalc1460 countable1495 liable1542 chargeable1546 responsable1565 correspondent1612 countant1638 responsible1640 responsive1642 amenablea1781 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §47. m. 6 Diverse customers, accomptantz in thescheqer of oure seid soverein lord, for swich said wolle..hav passed hire accomptes, answeryng for poundage of hem..and so of here said accomptes discharged and quited [etc.]. 1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 192 (MED) I will yat Newsom, my receyvour, and all my officeres accomptaunts, be..discharged of ony dett yat yei..owe me, except foreyne accomptaunts and servaunts accomptaunts. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xliiv He admytted to that offyce Willm de Hadestok & Anketyll de Aluerun, and sware theym to be accomptauntes as theyr predecessours were. 1559 in R. W. Greaves 1st Ledger Bk. of High Wycombe (1956) 82/3 To gather upp the seide money and to be accomptant for the same..and to be accomptant to the seide mayor and Burgesses. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued viii. sig. Hii Eche pennie shall accountaunt be which thou hast let in loane. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 517/1 [It] was no reason why he should not stand accountant to the Sonne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 292 Peraduenture. I stand accountant for as great a sin. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 256 He is..Accomptant for their soules, and how have they raised themselves out of his Audit? 1670 T. Gouge Young Man's Guide xxiv. 177 Thou must be accountant to thy Lord and Master at the great day, how and where thou hast bestowed it for him. 1723 R. Blackmore Alfred ii. 41 Hence to Heav'n they must Accountants stand For their high Trust and subaltern Command. 1735 L. Theobald Fatal Secret iv. i. 39 I stand accountant for your Charge and Safeties. 1845 W. M. Best Treat. Presumptions Law & Fact i. iii. 38 The old fiction, that the plaintiff in all suits on the law side of the Exchequer was accountant to the crown. 1860 R. F. Williams Domest. Mem. Royal Family II. v. 132 The kitchen..was superintended by three clerks; the first..had the direction of the entire victualling department, and was accountant for the pantry, cellar, buttery, kitchen, and larder. 1893 in K. J. Hayes Maggie (1899) ii. iv. 322 It [sc. original art] stands before life, and is accountant to life and self only. < as lemmas |
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