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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Liable to being called to account; answerable. See Synonyms at responsible.
  2. adj. That can be explained: an accountable phenomenon.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. 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.
  2. Of which an account can be given; that can be accounted for: in this use opposed to unaccountable.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Having accountability (individuals have accountability).
  2. adj. Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
  3. adj. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
  4. adj. Being answerable for.
  5. adj. Being liable for.
  6. adj. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
  7. adj. : Items such as airline tickets, whose issue must be recorded by the issuing authority and matched up again after use.
  8. adj. Having accountability (individuals have accountability).
  9. adj. Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
  10. adj. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
  11. adj. Being answerable for.
  12. adj. Being liable for.
  13. adj. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
  14. adj. : Items such as airline tickets, whose issue must be recorded by the issuing authority and matched up again after use.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
  2. adj. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. liable to account for one's actions

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