Synonyms for account for
ac·count for

Princeton's WordNet

1. account forverb

   be the reason or explanation for

   "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

2. account forverb

   give reasons for

   "Can you account for all these absences?"

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1. Zelda Soriano:

   It is only fair and just that the companies that have extracted and profited the most from fossil fuels account for the resulting harm and take measures to prevent more harm, to protect the rights of people in the context of climate change, yes, it's going to be a difficult investigation, a very complicated investigation. But the petitioners believe it is not impossible.

2. Edward Fishman:

   It will be very difficult to impose severe economic harm on Russia without affecting energy markets, oil and gas account for 40 percent of Russia's federal budget. The United States and Europe can take steps in advance to contain spillovers, but if they plan to impose serious economic sanctions on Russia, they can not avoid the energy sector entirely.

3. Severin Brizay:

   The number of deals in excess of $1 billion are up; they represent about two thirds of total volumes in EMEA, or 250 transactions, almost half of these deals are cross-border transactions and they account for a large majority of fees paid to market. For banks, it is critical to advise on these deals, or they end up in a marginal position.

4. Melissa Trainer:

   We're struggling to explain this, the fact that the oxygen behavior isn't perfectly repeatable every season makes us think that it's not an issue that has to do with atmospheric dynamics. It has to be some chemical source and sink( of elements into the soil) that we can't yet account for.

5. Kim Wyman:

   We can account for every single ballot that is mailed out and returned to election officials, and once they are in possession of those ballots they reconcile every single one and can tell down to a single ballot whether it was counted or rejected, and still maintain voter secrecy and that's after decades of really building in the controls to make sure that system is secure.