to cast accounts
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
To give the results of the debits and credits entered, balancing the two, and carrying over the surplus.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “to cast accounts” mean?
To give the results of the debits and credits entered, balancing the two, and carrying over the surplus.
Is “to cast accounts” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.