long account

American  

noun

Finance.

1. the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.

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Etymology

Origin of long account

First recorded in 1810–20

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Example Sentences

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long account

Rice gives us a long account of how Janet Reno, the attorney general in 2000 and a Floridian herself, struggled with the González case, eventually returning the boy to his father in Cuba.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022

The week before this Washington gathering, I sent Banks a long account of the Black and White Ball.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2017

Instead, he began with a long account of his family’s history in the U.S.—his father’s immigration from Cuba, his mother picking up a degree from prestigious Rice University.

From Newsweek ● Mar. 23, 2015

When I worked on Microsoft’s instant messenger, there was a bug that came up that affected only users with really long account names, like [e-mail].

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2014

And with that Glóin embarked on a long account of the doings of the Dwarf-kingdom.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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