meaning of reckoning
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
2. An account of time
3. Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
4. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
5. Esteem; account; estimation.
6. The calculation of a ships 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.
7. The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
8. of Reckon
9. the act of counting; "the counting continued for several
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