Reckoning

Quick meaning: Reckoning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of reckon.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of reckon.

More Meanings

1. The action of calculating or estimating something.
2. An opinion or judgement.
3. A summing up or appraisal.
4. The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
5. The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
6. (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
7. (archaic) Rank or status.

Example Sentences

day of reckoning

By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.

The research presented in this paper is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reckoning of an expanding set of portmanteau terms based on the word English.

So saying, he called for a reckoning for the wine, and throwing down the price of the additional bottle which he had himself introduced, rose as if to take leave of us.

Word Forms

• reckonings

Synonyms for reckoning

Depending on context, synonyms include calculation, computation, count, enumeration, tally, numeration.

Related Words

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