'Reckoning' definitions:

Definition of 'reckoning'

(from WordNet)
noun
Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]
noun
A bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally]
noun
The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]

Definition of 'Reckoning'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn. [1913 Webster]
  • A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Esteem; account; estimation. [1913 Webster]
  • You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • 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 for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation. (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation. [1913 Webster]
  • To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
  • day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's transgressions. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Reckoning'

From: GCIDE
  • Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned (r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. [1913 Webster]
  • The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. [1913 Webster]
  • He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37. [1913 Webster]
  • For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. [1913 Webster]
  • Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'reckoning'

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Words containing 'Reckoning'