reckoning

[US]/'rek(ə)nɪŋ/
[UK]/'rɛkənɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. calculation; estimation of a ship's position; estimation of location; bill; assessment of being likely to win, having a chance of winning.

Phrases & Collocations

day of reckoning

final reckoning

dead reckoning

Example Sentences

The day of reckoning has arrived.

the system of time reckoning in Babylon.

by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants.

a tax-reckoning year; a farming year.

the sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, Earl of Mar.

a longitudinal reckoning by the navigator; made longitudinal measurements of the hull.

Dead Reckoning" is one of the foundamental parts of nautics.

he has hit the sort of form which could thrust him into the reckoning .

That is a fond saying of Bill Bonner, goldbug and publisher of the Daily Reckoning, a contrarian financial newsletter.

The shoplifter’s day of reckoning came when he was charged with 30 cases of theft.

Tomorrow is the day of reckoning; the accountant will tell me what my profits were and how much tax I’ll have to pay.

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