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reckoning

reck·on·ing

Today it means: The action of calculating or estimating something. Full definition →

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Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon + -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.