In a sentence
Six example sentences with accountable, each labelled with its topic.
Voters keep a mayor accountable every four years, but a weekly public meeting does the job far more directly.
Politics
One person is accountable for every launch here, so when something breaks nobody spends an afternoon deciding whose problem it is.
Startups
Training with a partner makes you accountable, because skipping a session now means explaining yourself to someone standing in the cold.
Fitness
Fund managers are accountable to their investors each quarter, and a letter explaining a loss is expected, not optional.
Finance
A director remains accountable for decisions taken at meetings she skipped, which is why the minutes record every absence.
Law
Each regional manager is accountable for one number, and the monthly review asks about nothing else.
Business
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- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
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