RECKONING Definition & Meaning

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reckoning

[ rek-uh-ning ]

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noun

count; computation; calculation.
the settlement of accounts, as between two companies.
a statement of an amount due; bill.
an accounting, as for things received or done.
Synonyms: ,
an appraisal or judgment.
Navigation. dead reckoning.
day of reckoning.

reckoning

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noun

the act of counting or calculating
settlement of an account or bill
a bill or account
retribution for one's actions (esp in the phrase day of reckoning )
nautical short for dead reckoning

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of reckoning¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; reckon + -ing ¹

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They can certainly extort a painful price from the world while trying to, and the full reckoning may be more than we can bear.

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If we keep draining the bank of one of its previous riches, a “sudden” reckoning may be soon.

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Miranda July’s book ‘All Fours,’ about a Los Angeles woman’s reckoning with perimenopause, imagines the end of fecundity as a joyful second flowering.

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Sometimes, it takes the near-loss of something — or someone — we took for granted to stir a reckoning.

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“Yesterday was a very stark statement that evil may linger, but there will always be a day of reckoning where good will triumph over evil.”

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