on account

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

"We girls were not allowed to feel any inferiority on account of our sex. Everything was equal. We had all the freedom that a boy had; we could ride, climb trees, play any game we chose to. There were no restrictions," she said in an interview about her childhood.

From BBC

The Surge wrote about this at length in a separate piece, but: Large majorities of the country, Democrat and Republican alike, had decided by 2022 that Joe Biden shouldn’t run for president again on account of his clearly deteriorating physical and mental fitness for office.

From Slate

"I'm really pleased with the way I played today. I felt I had to play my best tennis," said eighth seed Krejcikova, who is ranked 13th in the world but qualified for the WTA Finals on account of being a 2024 Grand Slam champion.

From BBC

He is reportedly nicknamed "Bello" - Spanish for beautiful - on account of his good looks.

From BBC

Her argument is partly that the 78-year-old Trump has lost mental acuity on account of his advanced age, as was the chief line of attack that pushed President Biden from the race.

From Los Angeles Times

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