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  • Accountable

    The concept that a person is obliged to give a reckoning or explanation for one’s actions; responsible. Also see Accountability.

    See Also: Accountability

  • Accountable Advance

    CANADIAN The advance of funds provided for a specific purpose and chargeable to a specific appropriation.

  • Accountable Item

    CANADIAN Any item of equipment separately accounted for upon acquisition, removal, transfer, sale, demolition, abandonment, or write-off.