TAKE INTO ACCOUNT Definition & Meaning

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Also, take account of ; take into consideration . Bear in mind, consider, allow for, as in We have to take into account that ten of the musicians were absent , or It's important to take account of where the audience is coming from , or When you take into consideration the fact that they were founded only a year ago, they've done very well. Take into consideration is the oldest of these expressions, dating from the mid-1500s. Take into account and take account of date from the late 1600s. The antonyms, leave out of account or take no account of , mean “ignore, pay no attention to,” as in They've left the most important item out of account . [Second half of 1800s] All of these idioms use account in the sense of “reckoning” or “calculation,” and consideration in the sense of “regard for the circumstances.”

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Last month it updated the number of proposed job losses from 400 to 286, taking into account staff who had opted to leave voluntarily.

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Inmates’ risk score, which takes into account their behavior, participation in rehabilitative programs and their health records, could also be affected, she said.

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Trans campaigners argue the court did not take into account their view of the complexities of biology.

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They were released on Tuesday because the fact they had been in prison since their arrests in 2021 was taken into account when calculating their sentence.

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There are still the thawing permafrost and melting ice sheets to take into account.

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