See Also: spike(3)(dictionary)
spike(5)(dictionary)
spike(4)(dictionary)
spike(2)(dictionary)
spike(1)(dictionary)
Spike(finance)
Spike(money)
Lee, Spike(encyclopedia)
Spike(medicine)
Lee, Spike(dictionary)

accountable (iou) and spike(5) (iou)


accountable (iou)



accountable adjective. LME.
[Anglo-Norman acountable (Old French acomptable): see ACCOUNT verb, -ABLE.]
Liable to be called to account; responsible (to persons, for things). LME.
Able to be computed. Only in L16.
To be counted on. E17-E18.
Explicable; able to be accounted for. M17.
Attributable to. Only in L17.
accounta'bility noun L18.
accountableness noun M17.
accountably adverb M17.

spike(5) (iou)



spike verb2 intrans. E18.
[from SPIKE noun2.]
Of a plant: form a spike of flowers. Also foll. by up.