reckoning

reckoning
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
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3. a summing up

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  • Reckoning — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Reckoning Álbum de R.E.M. Publicación 9 de Abril de 1984 Grabación 1983 1984 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Reckoning — Livealbum von Grateful Dead Veröffentlichung April 1981 Label Arista Records …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • reckoning — ► NOUN 1) the action of calculating or estimating something. 2) an opinion or judgement. 3) punishment or retribution for one s actions. ● into (or out of) the reckoning Cf. ↑out of the reckoning …   English terms dictionary

  • reckoning — [rek′əniŋ] n. 1. the act of one who reckons; count or computation 2. a measuring of possibilities for the future; calculated guess 3. a) a bill; account b) the settlement of an account c) the settlement of rewards or penalties for any action [day …   English World dictionary

  • reckoning — index accounting, amount (sum), appraisal, assessment (estimation), bill (invoice), census …   Law dictionary

  • reckoning — [n] computation, account adding, addition, arithmetic, bad news*, bill, calculation, charge, check, ciphering, cost, count, counting, debt, due, estimate, estimation, fee, figuring, grunt*, invoice, IOU*, score, settlement, statement, summation,… …   New thesaurus

  • Reckoning —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Reckoning (homonymie).  Reckoning Album par R.E.M. Sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • reckoning — reck|on|ing [ˈrekənıŋ] n 1.) [U] calculation that is based on a careful guess rather than on exact knowledge by sb s reckoning ▪ By my reckoning, we have 12,000 clients. 2.) [C usually singular, U] a time when you are judged or punished for your… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • reckoning — n. navigation 1) dead reckoning calculations 2) by smb. s reckoning (by my reckoning) * * * [ rekənɪŋ] [ navigation ] dead reckoning [ calculations ] by smb. s reckoning (by my reckoning) …   Combinatory dictionary

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