on account

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

Example Sentences

But the 75-yard score was ultimately called back on account of backup center J’Onre Reed being too far downfield.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2022, a court freed him on account of his age and good behaviour and he was deported to France.

From BBC

The current bill is “less ambitious” than the 2023 version in that it no longer includes a pathway to citizenship for immigrants — a concession aimed at appealing to Republicans on account of the “political moment that we’re in,” Escobar admitted.

From Salon

While the specifics are unknown, most analysts estimate that the revenue loss on account of a lower GST would be offset by surplus levy collections and higher than budgeted dividends from India's central bank.

From BBC

It’s converging at an “interesting time,” Carr-Glenn said, given the “simultaneous penalty that Black women face in this country on account of being both Black and women.”

From Salon

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