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

Example Sentences

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long account

“My heart started to beat again on its own, prompted into action by the warm blood’s effect on the heart’s own internal pacemaker,” Kaiser wrote in a long account for The Post’s Sunday magazine.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2019

But, according to a long account that Ms. Gui published on Medium, the meeting was far from a typical diplomatic negotiation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2019

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

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