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

“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

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