reckoning

Meaning

present participle and gerund of reckon

reckoning

calculation

computation

account

tally

count

counting

bill

enumeration

estimation

computing

figuring

estimate

calculus

consideration

numeration

score

addition

adjunct

appendix

application

check

supplement

limit

accountant

finance

paymaster

treasurer

allowance

settlement of an account

cast

anticipation

expectation

number

tab

guesswork

do accounts

work out accounts

making out

estimating

placing a value on

letting down

lowering

calculating

calculi

operation

parallelization

Frequency

Hyphenated as

reck‧on‧ing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/

Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon + -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.

Cognate with Dutch

rekening

Cognate with German

Rechnung

New

reckon

1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
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.
3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
4. (colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
5. To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host
6. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
7. To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

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