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What does "account" mean in this sentence?

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The goal of a pragmatic account of metaphor is to explain how metaphor is understood, and in particular, how addressees construct an interpretation of the communicator ' s meaning when a word or other linguistic expression is used metaphorically.

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What does "account" mean in it?

(My guess: worth? aspect?)

Thanks in advance!

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My guess would be story or explanation.

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Thanks a lot, Roger!

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