ACCOUNT. On the stock exchange there are settlements, bimonthly in general securities, and monthly in British consols and India Government sterling stocks. The account begins after one settlement and ends at the date of the next. Transactions are said to be " for the account," and prices are quoted for the account, to distinguish these transactions from bargains done " for cash," meaning for ready money. Practically, all the speculation that goes on in the stock exchange is done by buying or selling " for the account " (see CARRYING OVER ;