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ACCOUNTABILITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Responsibility to someone or for some activity

Synonyms:

accountability; answerability; answerableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("accountability" is a kind of...):

responsibility; responsibleness (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct)

Derivation:

accountable (liable to account for one's actions)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The The drug accountability information that indicates the date that the study treatment was returned.

(Drug Accountability Treatment Return Date, NCI Thesaurus)

The drug accountability information that indicates the date that the study treatment was dispensed.

(Drug Accountability Treatment Dispensation Date, NCI Thesaurus)

A number that identifies the ordering relations (in time, space, etc.) in a set of drug accountability data.

(Drug Accountability Sequence Number, NCI Thesaurus)

One or more sponsor defined characters used to identify, name, or characterize the drug accountability assessment.

(Drug Accountability Sponsor Defined Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

Data regarding the accountability of study drug, such as information on the receipt, dispensing, return, and packaging.

(Drug Accountability Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to drug accountability.

(Drug Accountability Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The explanation given as to why drug accountability was not assessed.

(Drug Accountability Assessment Reason Not Done, NCI Thesaurus)

The unit of measure for the original drug accountability result.

(Drug Accountability Assessment Result Original Units, NCI Thesaurus)

The outcome of the drug accountability examination.

(Drug Accountability Assessment Original Result, NCI Thesaurus)

The device software failed to provide adequate authorization, access control, and accountability features.

(Device Software Security Vulnerability Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)