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accountable to someone
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able to give someone a satisfactory reason for what you do or have done:
Elected politicians are accountable to the electorate.
The purpose of the reforms to make the police more accountable to the public.
Priests are accountable to the Church.
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accountable
The decision should be made by elected officials who are accountable to the public.
The chief executive is accountable to the shareholders for every action taken by the organization.
Until quite recently I lived by myself in a country cottage and was accountable to nobody.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Duty, obligation and responsibility
accountable
accountably
answer for something
answerable
buck
commitment
dual role
duty
duty of care
fail
fall to someone
fiefdom
obliged
on your own head be itidiom
ought to
owe someone a livingidiom
portfolio
shoulder
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
the onus
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