reckoning

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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verb (used with object)

to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.

to esteem or consider; regard as: to be reckoned an authority in the field.

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.

verb (used without object)

to count; make a computation or calculation.

to settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by up ).

to count, depend, or rely, as in expectation (often followed by on ).

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.

Verb phrases

reckon with,

to include in consideration or planning; anticipate: He hadn't reckoned with so many obstacles.

to deal with: I have to reckon with many problems every day.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English rekenen, Old English gerecenian (attested once) to report, pay; cognate with German rechnen to compute

Related forms

reck·on·a·ble, adjective

out·reck·on, verb (used with object)

pre·reck·on, verb (used with object)

un·der·reck·on, verb (used with object)

un·reck·on, verb (used with object)

un·reck·on·a·ble, adjective

un·reck·oned, adjective

Synonyms
1. enumerate. 2. account, deem, estimate, judge.

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reckon (ˈrɛkən)

—vb (foll by with)
1.	to calculate or ascertain by calculating; compute
2.	(tr) to include; count as part of a set or class: I reckon her with the angels
3.	(usually passive) to consider or regard: he is reckoned clever
4.	(when tr, takes a clause as object) to think or suppose; be of the opinion: I reckon you don't know where to go next
5.	to settle accounts (with)
6.	(intr; foll by with or without) to take into account or fail to take into account: the bully reckoned without John's big brother
7.	(intr; foll by on or upon) to rely or depend: I reckon on your support in this crisis
8.	slang (tr) to regard as good: I don't reckon your chances of success
9.	informal (tr) to have a high opinion of: she was sensitive to bad reviews, even from people she did not reckon
10.	to be reckoned with of considerable importance or influence

[Old English (ge)recenian recount; related to Old Frisian rekenia, Old High German rehhanón to count]

reckoning (ˈrɛkənɪŋ)

—n
1.	the act of counting or calculating
2.	settlement of an account or bill
3.	a bill or account
4.	retribution for one's actions (esp in the phrase day of reckoning)
5.	nautical short for dead reckoning

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Word Origin & History

reckon

O.E. gerecenian "to recount, relate," from W.Gmc. *(ga)rekenojanan (cf. O.Fris. rekenia, M.L.G. rekenen, O.H.G. rehhanon, Ger. rechnen, Goth. rahnjan "to count, reckon"), from P.Gmc. *rakinaz "ready, straightforward," from PIE *reg- "to move in a straight line." I reckon, used parenthetically, is now

dialectal (Southern U.S.), but dates from c.1600 and formerly was in literary use (Richardson, etc.). Related: Reckoning (c.1300).

Example sentences

This, say some, is simply postponing the day of reckoning.

So that's where the future reckoning-not bubble-popping per se, but major shifts in position-is likely to occur.

It's that moment of reckoning that tells them the value of the object.

Thus tuition discounting is, at best, a holding strategy that temporarily defers the day of reckoning.

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Matching Quote

"O God of battles, steel my soldiers' hearts.
Possess them not with fear. Take from them now
The sense of reckoning, ere th' opposed numbers
Pluck their hearts from them."

-Shakespeare