Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Expected or required to account for one's actions; answerable. synonym: responsible.
- adjective Capable of being explained.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to be called to account; responsible, as for a trust or obligation; answerable, as for conduct: as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct; a sheriff is accountable as bailiff and receiver of goods.
- Of which an account can be given; that can be accounted for: in this use opposed to unaccountable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
- adjective rare Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable. - adjective Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
- adjective Liable to be called on to render an account;
- adjective Being answerable for.
- adjective Being liable for.
- adjective rare Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective liable to account for one's actions
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We devised a bill that moved to universal coverage using what we called accountable health plans playing by national rules to ensure competition and choice.
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We devised a bill that moved to universal coverage using what we called accountable health plans playing by national rules to ensure competition and choice.
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We devised a bill that moved to universal coverage using what we called accountable health plans playing by national rules to ensure competition and choice.
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Telling some one about a weakness you have and asking them to keep you accountable is pretty much how I would describe stating your plans as a "dissatisfaction".
Achieve Your Goals By Keeping Them Quiet | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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God will ultimately hold McCain accountable for his partisan and prejudicial decisions steve poppitz
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The law encourages doctors and hospitals to join "accountable care organizations" that have financial incentives to limit unnecessary care; it beefs up "comparative effectiveness research" to weed out inefficient treatments; and it will eventually tax the most expensive insurance plans to restrain consumers 'superfluous use of health care.
The price problem that health-care reform failed to cure Alec MacGillis 2010
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The law encourages doctors and hospitals to join "accountable care organizations" that have financial incentives to limit unnecessary care; it beefs up "comparative effectiveness research" to weed out inefficient treatments; and it will eventually tax the most expensive insurance plans to restrain consumers 'superfluous use of health care.
The price problem that health-care reform failed to cure Alec MacGillis 2010
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The only way to keep education accountable is to keep it both understandable and flexible.
Mayor Bloomberg Misses the Problem, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The law encourages doctors and hospitals to join "accountable care organizations" that have financial incentives to limit unnecessary care; it beefs up "comparative effectiveness research" to weed out inefficient treatments; and it will eventually tax the most expensive insurance plans to restrain consumers 'superfluous use of health care.
The price problem that health-care reform failed to cure Alec MacGillis 2010
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Can't anyone be held accountable from the mess the Bush regime left?
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