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Vincent Ding Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

use of "on account"

Thomas has a lawyer to deal with various matters of his. Thomas makes advance payment of the lawyer's fees from time to time. Some day the lawyer wrote to Thomas, saying that:

"Dear Thomas, I write to tell you that you have no money remaining on account with me. To enable me to take care of the ensuing matters, I shall be grateful if you can make another advance payment of 10,000 to my account. "

I wonder whether the underlined part is well worded.

Look forward to your comments.

Thanks a lot.

Vincent
  

Top answer

Hi, Yes, it seems like normal, formal lawyer-talk to me. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, it seems like normal, formal lawyer-talk to me.
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Hi,

Yes, it seems like normal, formal lawyer-talk to me.Emotion: smile

Clive
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Note that "on account" can also mean an agreement for receiving goods or using services in advance and paying for them at later date.
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ON ACCOUNT means:
  • report; a written or spoken report of something
  • explanation; an explanation of something that has happened, especially one given to somebody in authority
  • bank arrangement; an arrangement in which a customer keeps money in a bank or other financial institution and is offered financial services in...
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I'd say:

"Dear Thomas, I write to tell you that you have no money remaining on your account with me."

This means that Thomas has been paying the lawyer some money for his services (probably in some bank account in this case) and there's nothing left from that.
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