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accountability

/əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪti/

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The obligation of directors to answer for their conduct and decisions to the members.

The governance code strengthens the accountability of the board to shareholders.

Topic: Company & governance in Legal English

Business noun

The obligation to answer for one's decisions and their outcomes.

A culture of accountability means owning failures rather than shifting the blame.

Similar: responsibility, answerability

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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