accounted-for
accounted-for — phrasal verb
1. to represent a particular amount or percentage when all items in a group are add
to represent a particular amount or percentage when all items in a group are added together
The education budget accounted for the largest single expense in the state's annual spending plan.
account for + [superlative] + in + [domain]
Renewable energy sources accounted for just under a quarter of the region's total electricity generation.
account for + percentage/fraction + of + [total]
Young adults aged eighteen to twenty-five accounted for roughly forty percent of all ticket sales.
The two mining projects accounted for over seventy percent of the province's total export earnings.
Online sales accounted for an increasing share of the retail chain's overall profits each year.
- make up
more informal; used especially in everyday speech and business contexts
- constitute
more formal; common in academic, legal, and official writing
- represent
neutral register; emphasises the symbolic or statistical picture
- comprise
formal; typically used when listing all parts that together form a whole
文法句型
account for + (percentage/proportion/amount) + of + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used with percentages, fractions, or proportions (e.g., accounted for 60%, accounted for a third, accounted for the largest share). The subject is typically a category, sector, demographic group, or geographic area being measured against a total.