English-Thai Dictionary

reckoning

N การคำนว ณ  computation calculation kan-kam-nuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECKONING

ppr. rek'ning. Counting; computing; esteeming; reputing; stating an account mutually.

 

RECKONING

n. 1. The act of counting or computing; calculation.
2. An account of time.
3. A statement of accounts with another; a statement and comparison of accounts mutually for adjustment; as in the proverb, "short reckonings make long friends."
The way to make reckonings even, is to make them often.
4. The charges or account made by a host.
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning.
5. Account taken. 2 Kings 22:7.
6. Esteem; account; estimation.
You make no further reckoning of the beauty, than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed.
7. In navigation, an account of the ship's course and distance calculated from the log-board without the aid of celestial observation. This account from the log-board, is called the dead reckoning.

 

RECKONING-BOOK

n.a book in which money received and expended is entered.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECKONING

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. Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. South. He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. Macaulay.

 

2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn. A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Addison.

 

3. Esteem; account; estimation. You make no further reckoning of it [beauty ] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. Sir P. Sidney.

 

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 fro dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation. (b ) The position of a ship as determined by calculation. To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reckoning

reck on ing |ˈrekəniNG ˈrɛk (ə )nɪŋ | ▶noun the action or process of calculating or estimating something: last year was not, by any reckoning, a particularly good one | the system of time reckoning in Babylon. • a person's view, opinion, or judgment: by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants. • archaic a bill or account, or its settlement. • the avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds: the fear of being brought to reckoning | there will be a terrible reckoning.

 

Oxford Dictionary

reckoning

reck ¦on |ing |ˈrɛk (ə )nɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action or process of calculating or estimating something: the sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, Earl of Mar. • a person's opinion or judgement: by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants. • [ count noun ] archaic a bill or account, or its settlement. 2 the avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds: the fear of being brought to reckoning | [ count noun ] : there will be a terrible reckoning. 3 (the reckoning ) contention for a place in a team or among the winners of a contest: he has hit the sort of form which could thrust him into the reckoning .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reckoning

reckoning noun 1 by my reckoning, this comes to $2 million: calculation, estimation, count, computation, working out, summation, addition. 2 by her reckoning, the train was late: opinion, view, judgment, evaluation, estimate, estimation. 3 the terrible reckoning that he deserved: retribution, fate, doom, nemesis, punishment. PHRASES day of reckoning I promise you, the enemy will remember this as their day of reckoning: judgment day, day of retribution, doomsday, D-Day.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reckoning

reckoning noun 1 by the judge's reckoning, this comes to close on $2 million: calculation, estimation, computation, working out, summation, counting; addition, total, tally, score. 2 by her reckoning, it was high time her luck changed: opinion, view, judgement, evaluation, way of thinking, estimate, estimation, appraisal, consideration. 3 the terrible reckoning that he deserved: retribution, fate, doom, nemesis, judgement, punishment, what is coming to someone. PHRASES day of reckoning judgement day, day of judgement, day of retribution, final accounting, final settlement; Christianity doomsday.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reckoning

r é ck on ing 名詞 1 U C 〖通例 one's ～〗推測, 計算, 見積り ▸ by my reckoning 私の推測では 2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗(行動 怠慢などへの )審判 ; 報い, 応報 ▸ in the final reckoning 最後の審判で ▸ the day of reckoning 応報の時 3 C ｟古 ｠勘定 .in (to ) [out of ] the r é ckoning ｟主に英 ｠(主にスポーツで )勝ちそうな候補の中にあって [ない ]; 仕事を得る見込みがあって [ない ].