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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECKONING, ppr. rek'ning. Counting; computing; esteeming; reputing; stating an account mutually.
RECK'ONING, n.
1. The act of counting or computing; calculation.
2. An account of time.
3. A statement of accounts with another; a statement and comparison of accounts mutually for adjustment; as in the proverb, "short reckonings make long friends."
The way to make reckonings even, is to make them often.
4. The charges or account made by a host.
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning.
5. Account taken. 2 Kings 22.
6. Esteem; account; estimation.
You make no further reckoning of the beauty, than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed.
7. In navigation, an account of the ship's course and distance calculated from the log-board without the aid of celestial observation. This account from the log-board, is called the dead reckoning.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally]
3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or an instance of reckoning: as a. account, bill b. computation c. calculation of a ship's position 2. a settling of accounts <day of reckoning> 3. a summing up

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of counting or calculating. 2 a consideration or opinion. 3 a the settlement of an account. b an account. Phrases and idioms: day of reckoning the time when something must be atoned for or avenged.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reckon Reck"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.] 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison. 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. He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37. For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton. 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9. Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne. 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.] Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reckonings) Someone's reckoning is a calculation they make about something, especially a calculation that is not very exact. By my reckoning we were seven or eight kilometres from Borj Mechaab. N-VAR: usu poss N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Counting, computation, calculation. 2. Estimate. 3. Account, register, score, charge, bill. 4. Esteem, account, estimation.

Moby Thesaurus

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