account
单词辨析：
主要指未来一段时期内的收入和支出计划。
a business/family/government budget
商业/家庭/政府预算
The book was produced on a very small budget.
这本书的出版费用预算很低。
指商店、餐馆等开出的单据，表明某人应支付的消费金额。
pay your account
付账
He left the hotel, settling his account by credit card.
他用信用卡结账后离开了酒店。
最普通用词，指广义上的钱，可以是硬币、纸币、支票等。
save/make money
存/挣钱
He was left a large sum of money.
有人留了一大笔钱给他。
相关例句：
All transactions have been charged to your account.
所有交易都记在你的账户上了。
I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户，一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。
He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night
他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。
Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.
他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。
Ministers should be called to account for their actions.
部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。
She had plans to set up in business on her own account.
她计划自己创业。