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reck⋅on⋅ing

  [rek-uh-ning]
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–noun
1. count; computation; calculation.
2. the settlement of accounts, as between two companies.
3. a statement of an amount due; bill.
4. an accounting, as for things received or done.
5. an appraisal or judgment.
6. Navigation. dead reckoning.
7. day of reckoning.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see reckon, -ing 1

Synonyms:
4. judgment, retribution.

reck⋅on

  [rek-uhn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
2. to esteem or consider; regard as: to be reckoned an authority in the field.
3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
–verb (used without object)
4. to count; make a computation or calculation.
5. to settle accounts, as with a person (often fol. by up).
6. to count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often fol. by on).
7. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
—Verb phrase
8. reckon with,
a. to include in consideration or planning; anticipate: He hadn't reckoned with so many obstacles.
b. to deal with: I have to reckon with many problems every day.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME rekenen, OE gerecenian (attested once) to report, pay; c. G rechnen to compute

Related forms:
reck⋅on⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. enumerate. 2. account, deem, estimate, judge.
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reck·on   (rěk'ən)   
v.   reck·oned, reck·on·ing, reck·ons

v.   tr.
  1. To count or compute: reckon the cost. See Synonyms at calculate.
  2. To consider as being; regard as. See Synonyms at consider.
  3. Informal To think or assume.
v.   intr.
  1. To make a calculation; figure.
  2. To rely with confident expectancy. See Synonyms at rely.
  3. Informal To think or assume.
Phrasal Verb(s):
reckon withTo take into account or deal with: a man to be reckoned with.
reckon withoutTo fail to consider or deal with; ignore.

[Middle English reknen, from Old English gerecenian, to recount, arrange; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
reck·on·ing   (rěk'ə-nĭng)   
n.  
  1. The act of counting or computing.
  2. An itemized bill or statement of a sum due.
  3. A settlement of accounts: a day of reckoning.
    1. The act or process of calculating the position of a ship or an aircraft.
    2. The position so calculated.
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Reckoning

Reck"on*ing\, n. 1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. --Sandys. (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.

Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. --South.

He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. --Macaulay.

2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.

A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. --Addison.

3. Esteem; account; estimation.

You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P. Sidney.

4. (Navigation) (a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used fro dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation. (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
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Language Translation for : Reckoning
Spanish: cálculo,
German: die Berechnung,
Japanese: 計算
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