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reck⋅on⋅ing
[rek-uh-ning]
–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. |
reck⋅on
[rek-uh
n]
–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)
—Verb phrase| 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. |
| 8. | reckon with,
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Origin:
bef. 1000; ME rekenen, OE gerecenian (attested once) to report, pay; c. G rechnen to compute
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.
1. enumerate. 2. account, deem, estimate, judge.
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Link To Reckoning
reck·on (rěk'ən) v. reck·oned, reck·on·ing, reck·ons v. tr.
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.] |
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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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