Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Liable to being called to account; answerable. See Synonyms at responsible.
- adj. That can be explained: an accountable phenomenon.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having accountability (individuals have accountability).
- adj. Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
- adj. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
- adj. Being answerable for.
- adj. Being liable for.
- adj. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
- adj. : Items such as airline tickets, whose issue must be recorded by the issuing authority and matched up again after use.
- adj. Having accountability (individuals have accountability).
- adj. Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
- adj. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
- adj. Being answerable for.
- adj. Being liable for.
- adj. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
- 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
- adj. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable.
- adj. Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. liable to account for one's actions
Examples
“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.”
“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 Washington Post: The price problem that health-care reform failed to cure
“Can't anyone be held accountable from the mess the Bush regime left?”
“God will ultimately hold McCain accountable for his partisan and prejudicial decisions steve poppitz”
“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".”
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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
“I don't know that the American public believes that the White House holding the White House accountable is really good for them," said Brady, the senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee.”
“This means the way you hold teachers and schools accountable is NOT with a general performance test because some students might not have completed the required steps, i.e. they might not have shown up to the movie theatre.”
John Brown – the author’s official site » 2010 » February » 10
“Congressman ISSA: If you try to hold the administrator accountable from the minority when you have no power, the most I can do is get the press to ask a lot of questions and annoy them, ultimately I have no authority.”
“Alaska did not hold Sarah Palin accountable either.”
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