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ready reckoner
ready reckoner
noun
- a table of numbers used to facilitate simple calculations, esp one for applying rates of discount, interest, charging, etc, to different sums
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ready reckoner1
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Example Sentences
William Sutcliffe on his return said that Sammy's three notes were pinned in a ready reckoner.
Having been pinned in the ready reckoner, it would show the marks of pin-holes.
True, all turns on your Ready-Reckoner being moderately correct,—being not insupportably incorrect!
We are to judge of every individual case as it arises, apparently without any social summary or moral ready-reckoner at all.
The French word barme or barrme, a ready-reckoner, is derived from his name.
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