reckoning

Noun

Synonyms: calculation computation figuring tally count counting numeration enumeration

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

problem solving that involves numbers or quantitiesSynonyms: calculation computation figuring
a bill for an amount dueSynonyms: tally
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order“the counting continued for several hours”Synonyms: count counting numeration enumeration tally

Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]