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The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students.
Andrew Card

Meaning of "accountability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY

accountability  [əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCOUNTABILITY

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Accountability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACCOUNTABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

accountability

Accountability

In ethics and governance, accountability is answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving. As an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in the public sector, nonprofit and private worlds. In leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance, and implementation within the scope of the role or employment position and encompassing the obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting consequences. In governance, accountability has expanded beyond the basic definition of "being called to account for one's actions". It is frequently described as an account-giving relationship between individuals, e.g. "A is accountable to B when A is obliged to inform B about A’s actions and decisions, to justify them, and to suffer punishment in the case of eventual misconduct". Accountability cannot exist without proper accounting practices; in other words, an absence of accounting means an absence of accountability.

Definition of accountability in the English dictionary

The definition of accountability in the dictionary is responsibility to someone or for some action; the fact of being answerable to someone for something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCOUNTABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
affordability
əˌfɔːdəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY

account
account balance
account book
account day
account executive
account for
account holder
account number
account payable
account receivable
accountable
accountableness
accountably
accountancy
accountant
accountantship
accounting
accounting period
accounting policy
accounting practices

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY

agility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
viability
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of accountability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ACCOUNTABILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «accountability» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of accountability

Translation of «accountability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Find out the translation of accountability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of accountability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accountability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

问责
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la rendición de cuentas
570 millions of speakers

English

accountability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जवाबदेही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المساءلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подотчетность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prestação de contas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দায়িত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

responsabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akauntabiliti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rechenschaftspflicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

説明責任
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

책임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanggung jawab
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trách nhiệm giải trình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொறுப்புடைமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जबाबदारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sorumluluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

responsabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odpowiedzialność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підзвітність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

responsabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λογοδοσίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanspreeklikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ansvarighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ansvarlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of accountability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCOUNTABILITY»

The term «accountability» is very widely used and occupies the 14.800 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCOUNTABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «accountability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «accountability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accountability

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10 QUOTES WITH «ACCOUNTABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word accountability.
1
Justin Amash
Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.
2
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability.
3
Stephen Baldwin
I learned in an extremely hard way that the accountability falls with me.
4
Melissa Bean
If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.
5
Adam Braun
There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
6
Andrew Card
The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students.
7
Nick Clegg
I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.
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Nick Clegg
We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in any other industry where things go wrong. But let's not try and think it is for politicians or governments to tell people what they stick in newspapers. That is deeply illiberal.
9
Henry Cloud
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
10
John Cornyn
Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCOUNTABILITY»

Discover the use of accountability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accountability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Accountability: Freedom and Responsibility Without Control
The authors show how to transform a business by replacing the control and manipulation that typically characterize the workplace with personal accountability.
Rob Lebow, Randy Spitzer, 2002
2
Accountability Of Peace Support Operations
This book addresses that accountability, focusing on peace support operations under the command and control of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
M. C. Zwanenburg, 2005
3
Public Accountability: Designs, Dilemmas and Experiences
The most comprehensive survey to-date of how different organizations hold persons acting in the public interest to account.
Michael W. Dowdle, 2006
4
Accountability: Taking Ownership of Your Responsibility
More and more managerial challenges require leaders to be accountable-to take initiative without having full authority for the process or the outcomes. Accountability goes beyond responsibility.
Henry Browning, 2013
5
Managing by Accountability: What Every Leader Needs to Know ...
How to develop and promote the principles of accountability, responsibility, and integrity in any organization--and at every level
M. David Dealy, 2007
6
Corporate Governance and Accountability
The book also brings together issues of financial performance, boardroom mechanics, the role of institutional shareholders, and corporate social responsibility into an international appraisal of current corporate governance theory and ...
Jill Solomon, 2007
7
Accountability of Armed Opposition Groups in International Law
In this award-winning scholarship, Liesbeth Zegveld examines the need to legally identify the parties involved when internal conflicts arise, and the reality of their demands for rights.
Liesbeth Zegveld, 2002
8
The Self-restraining State: Power and Accountability in New ...
This text states that democratic governments must be accountable to the electorate; but they must also be subject to restraint and oversight by other public agencies. The state must control itself.
Andreas Schedler, Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, 1999
9
Accountability for Criminal Justice: Selected Essays
Seventeen original essays, most commissioned for this volume, have been collected to summarize and assess what has been happening in the area of accountability for criminal justice in English-speaking democracies with common-law traditions ...
Philip C. Stenning, 1995
10
Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies
This book argues that representative democracies can be understood as chains of delegation and accountability between citizens and politicians. Under parliamentary democracy, this chain of delegation is simple but also long and indirect.
Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCOUNTABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accountability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fact Sheet: Obama Administration increases Accountability for Low …
They support greater accountability for colleges by requiring institutions to provide key information on program costs, whether students ... «WDAM-TV, Jul 15»
2
Managing risk comes with accountability
According to Business Insurance's first Risk Insights report, lines-of-business leaders and managers responsible for the execution of processes ... «Business Insurance, Jul 15»
3
CIHRS calls for triggering international accountability mechanisms …
CAIRO, 03 July 2015 / PRN Africa / — The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and several international and Palestinian ... «StarAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
#OpenNASS: BudgIT asks APC to fulfill campaign promises on …
In continuation of its #OpenNASS campaign, which seeks transparency and accountability in the budget of the National Assembly, civic ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
5
Letter: Accountability applies to both parties
Finally, he says, "It falls upon us to insist upon active voice. Subjects need verbs, and both should link to accountability." Amen. But it must apply ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
UN human rights body backs call for accountability in Gaza war
The United Nation's top human rights body on Friday backed calls for accountability in last year's conflict in Gaza, in which more than 2,200 ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
7
School accountability triggering pupil mental health problems …
His study, Exam Factories?, commissioned by the NUT teaching union, examined the impact of accountability measures in England's schools, ... «TES News, Jul 15»
8
Still waiting for the mayor's promised accountability
Last fall, Mayor Brian Bowman was elected in a landslide partly because he promised to make city hall more open and more transparent. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
9
In funding DPS, education, achievement, accountability matter
On May 26, during the presentation of my recommended 2015-16 Budget to the Board of County Commissioners, I explained the ... «Durham Herald Sun, Jul 15»
10
Church Senator calls for better accountability of public funds
We want to see accountability and transparency down the road. Yes an effort has been made at this time to present us with the supplementary ... «LoveFM, Jul 15»

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