on account

Idioms  

1. In part payment of a debt, as in He paid half the amount on account. [Early 1600s]

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Example Sentences

They included the 15th Amendment, which said the right of citizens to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

From Salon

He joins a line of teachers, head teachers and education unions that have criticised Ofsted's past inspection methods - often on account of the blunt rating system: "outstanding", "good", "requires improvement" or "inadequate".

From BBC

The misdemeanor with which he was charged prohibits forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with federal officers “while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties.”

From Slate

Another priority is building back the city’s cash reserves, which have dwindled over the years, largely on account of legal payments.

From Los Angeles Times

They had arrested four jornaleros that day, day laborers, eventually releasing two of them on account of the fact that they had papers.

From Slate

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