Dictionary Definition
reckoning
Noun
2 a bill for an amount due [syn: tally]
3 the act of counting; "the counting continued
for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, tally]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
reckoning- present participle of reckon
Noun
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
- By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.
- An opinion or judgement.
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
Translations
The action of calculating or estimating
something
- Finnish: laskelmointi
An opinion or judgement
The working out of consequences or retribution
for one's actions
- Finnish: tilinteko
Extensive Definition
Reckoning may refer to:
Music
- Reckoning (Grateful Dead album), 1981 Grateful Dead live album
- Reckoning (R.E.M. album), 1984 R.E.M. album
- Reckoning Night, 2004 Sonata Arctica album
Television
- "Reckoning", episode of the television series Alias
- "Reckoning" (Stargate SG-1), episodes of the television series Stargate SG-1
- "Reckoning", episode of the television series Smallville
- "Reckoning", episode of the television series Everwood
Religion
- Day of reckoning, a term used to describe the Last Judgment in Christian eschatology
See also
reckoning in Norwegian Nynorsk:
Reckoning
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a reckoning of, account, account current,
account of, account rendered, account stated, accounts, adding, addition, aggregate, allowance, amount, analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, arithmetic, assessing, assessment, balance, bill, bill of account, bill of
lading, blackmail,
blood money, body count, box score, calculating, calculation, calculus, capitulation, cash account,
cast, casting, census, check, check of, ciphering, computation, control
account, count, count of,
counting, difference, doom, dun, emolument, enumeration, estimate, estimation, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative
criticism, fee, figuring, footing, gauging, head count, hush money,
income account, initiation fee, inventory, invoice, itemized bill, manifest, measurement, mileage, nose count, number, opinion, product, provision account,
quantity, ranking, rating, recapitulation, recount, recounting, rehearsal, repertory, retainer, retaining fee,
retribution, revenue
account, running account, sales account, score, scot, selling account, statement, stipend, stock account, sum, summary, summation, summing, summing up, suspense
account, tab, tabs of,
tale, tally, tally of, the bottom line,
the story, the whole story, total, totaling, toting, track of, tribute, valuation, valuation account,
valuing, view, weighing, whole, x number