Reckoning
Reckoning , noun
1.
The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
(a)
An account of time.
(b)
Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc. — Sandys
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often.
He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived.
2.
The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning.
3.
Esteem; account; estimation.
You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed.
4.
(a) (Navigation) 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 for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b)
(Navigation) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
Collocations (2)
To be out of her reckoning , to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning , the day or time when one must pay one's debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's transgressions.