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accountable

[uh-koun-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.

capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see account, -able

Related forms

ac·count·a·ble·ness, noun

ac·count·a·bly, adverb

non·ac·count·a·ble, adjective

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Nidetch suggested they diet together, meeting every week to hold each other accountable.

Being accountable ranks right up there with being nice and responsible.

The initiatives that imposed the supermajority rules thus made the legislature less, not more, accountable.

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Nidetch suggested they diet together, meeting every week to hold each other accountable.

Being accountable ranks right up there with being nice and responsible.

The initiatives that imposed the supermajority rules thus made the legislature less, not more, accountable.

It's hard to imagine holding a robot accountable for the consequences of making the wrong decision.

Let the legal system do it's job and hold anyone involved accountable.

The members are elected by no one and are accountable to no one.

The record that e-mail creates can also make brokers more accountable.

Onlookers question whether the shifting media landscape leaves higher education less accountable.

Some fear the organisations are becoming a parallel state, financed by foreigners and accountable to nobody.

Religious leaders should be held accountable when their irrational ideas turn harmful.

People are always personally accountable for their behavior.

We should do this right, and hold bankers accountable for their actions.

Student life needs certain autonomy and cannot be organized educationally as strictly accountable activities.

Through the courts, you might say, managers are held accountable to society at large.

Someone should be held accountable for these needless deaths.

Lockyer said that the new fund will help ensure that when businesses cross the legal line they will be held accountable.

Bush must hold his own defense secretary accountable.

Accountable for developing, tracking, managing and reporting on budget for each program.

One of the benefits of an authoritarian system is not being accountable to voters.

These studies should have been done years ago and the auto sector needs to be held accountable for many of our problems.

But so far, not a single person has been held accountable.

The fact remains that only the messenger with the bad news has so far been held accountable for his actions.

There is little disputing the need for higher education to be transparent and accountable.

The first is the need to make mayors more powerful, and also more accountable.

Corporate offenders of all nations who refuse to reverse their current practices must be held accountable.

Anytime you are having to be accountable to someone else, your chances for success improve.

He's not pushing for the bureau to be more accountable to voters.

We must punish them: since they alone are accountable for the damages already done.

He's pushing for it to be more accountable to the financial industry.

It needs to be about holding the food system and our government accountable.

In a democracy, he argues, an administration should be held accountable to voters for its actions and policies.

I'll update every now and then to stay accountable too.

While this may seem obviously bad in a common sense form, it is a good attempt at holding countries accountable for their actions.

The cabinet will therefore be more powerful, and more accountable.

The authorities who set up this tragedy because of sheer greed are accountable.

Both these workless groups need management by local officials, accountable to locally elected politicians.

Hawking has made huge mistakes and must be held accountable for them.

He is still alive and should be held accountable for it.

Each must learn to hold one's self accountable for one's own success or failure, despite any obstacles.

We also pride ourselves on being accountable and responsive to our donors.

Adults are responsible and accountable for their actions in the real world.

New programmes should be transparent and accountable.

Someone needs to keep these people accountable for their actions.

Jomiku is correct: the unwillingness to be accountable for one's actions necessarily leads one to seek external solutions.

As such, the distinction between who blogs and who is accountable for the blog posts is not that clear-cut as it may seem.

Some will complain that it is unfair to hold science accountable for the misdeeds of a minority.

It seems that the success rate depends more on the values a person holds themselves accountable to.

Some experts and lawmakers have embraced accountable care organizations as the next model for health care delivery.

Tatro's rights by holding her accountable to the program's rules requiring respect and.

He wanted people held accountable and wanted to see this didn't happen again.

The long-awaited proposed regulations on accountable care organizations have been issued.

Kerr accountable to his employers for speech made in connection with his job.

As long as they are not held accountable for the damage they cause they will continue to cause.

Regulations related to accountable care organizations include fewer benchmarks and provide upfront incentives for some groups.

Nor was the professor ever held accountable for his actions.

Public policy can make managers accountable to regulators.

We are accountable to reverse the damage to planet.

Most of them were fired under a system that held them accountable for students' standardized test scores.

They will be held accountable for behavior over which they will be denied any control or visibility.

Making the police accountable to the public is a necessary step to repair.

So-called accountable care organizations are pairing hospitals with community health teams.

The announcement also said students would be held accountable for the cost of replacing lost or destroyed badges.

The executive management should be held accountable for that".

They no longer live up to it and need to realise they are accountable for their actions.

We strive to be accountable to both academic and community stakeholders.

And yet, another paradox rears up every time one interest group tries to hold another accountable in today's society:.

Beijing uses its aid to developing countries to exert its influence and warp incentives for accountable governance.

Make sure that the whole unit knows they will be held accountable for this happening.

For the activists, the case shows that oil companies are nowadays held accountable for their actions in developing countries.

Hold parents more accountable for supporting their children.

The market will hold colleges accountable rather than the government.

But the scheme adds to doubts over the role of private-security firms in the war and efforts to hold contractors accountable.

It appears that a government accountable to the people is finally in power.

Connick accountable for what happened on his watch.

Admissions representatives should be held more accountable for the kind of student they are enrolling to the school.

He and his executives could help allay concerns about their papers' power by urgently demonstrating that they are accountable.

They expect you to perform and you will be graded and held accountable for that performance.

O'Keefe said that as head of the space agency, he was ultimately accountable.

Meetings are a problem when no one is accountable for them.

He argues this could do the south good by making its profligate and often corrupt politicians accountable to the voters.

Waggaman is to be held accountable for his management of funds intrusted to him while conducting a large real estate business in.

Sceptics would rather the government concentrate on making teachers more accountable.

The suit is the first attempt to hold automakers accountable for the greenhouse gases that vehicles produce.

But there are problems with a locally accountable system.

If a local airport-security manager fails, everyone knows whom to hold accountable.

The people who caused the mess were paid commissions on short term results and were never accountable for the long term results.

But judges with a lifetime appointment are not accountable to voters.

Teachers are not accountable for results or performance.

Judges would also be more accountable to the people.

Working in a virtual team made it harder to hold teammates accountable and resolve conflicts.

Still, the government has failed to hold armed contractors accountable.

The court accepted that the members of the board should be appointed by and accountable to the president.

The justices must address doubts about the court's legitimacy by making themselves accountable to the code of conduct.

Sweden is also a model of prudent and accountable fiscal planning.

When public investments are funded by aid, there is little incentive for politicians to be accountable to the people.

But it should soon be easier to hold officers accountable.

Also, a tight schedule equals less accountable concessions and public spending.

The parliament is elected but not truly accountable.

He must instead breathe life into the panchayats, the elected village councils supposedly accountable for local schemes.

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World English Dictionary

accountable (əˈkaʊntəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	responsible to someone or for some action; answerable
2.	able to be explained

accounta'bility

—n

ac'countably

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

accountable

"liable to be called to account," 1580s, from account + -able. Related: Accountability (1794).

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