Definition of reckoning

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Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..

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West :: West (a.) Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west..
Enumerative :: Enumerative (a.) Counting, or reckoning up, one by one..
Dollar :: Dollar (n.) The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values.
Quintan :: Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days..
Point :: Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) 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..
Miscomputation :: Miscomputation (n.) Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
Undern :: Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper..
Quinzaine :: Quinzaine (n.) The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning..
Disoccident :: Disoccident (v. t.) To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude.
Esteem :: Esteem (v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price..
Escot :: Escot (v. t.) To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain.
Computation :: Computation (n.) The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Shot :: Shot (v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) An account of tim.
Nephelodometer :: Nephelodometer (n.) An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.
Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation..
Dead-reckoning :: Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a..
Connumeration :: Connumeration (n.) A reckoning together.
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