English-German translations for account for

• ausmachen
  Kein Großkredit darf mehr als 25 Prozent der Eigenmittel einer Bank ausmachen. No large exposure may account for more than 25% of a bank's own funds.
  Lassen Sie uns nicht vergessen, dass Direktzahlungen für Landwirte nur einen Teil ihres Einkommens ausmachen. Let us not forget that direct payments account for only part of farmers' income.
  All dies unter der Maßgabe, dass behinderte Menschen gegenwärtig 10 % unserer Bewohner in der Europäischen Union ausmachen. All this when disabled people actually account for around 10% of our residents in the European Union.

Definition of account for

• To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed
• To be the primary cause of
• To constitute in amount or portion
• To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things
• To destroy or put out of action

Examples

• I dont have to account for anything to you.
• The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.
• The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land
• German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.
• Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.

Related words

• accounting for the past
• there's no accounting for taste
• give an accounting for