reckon for

verb

To answer for; to pay the account for.

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Meanings

verbreckon for (third-person singular simple present reckons for, present participle reckoning for, simple past and past participle reckoned for)

present singular third person reckons for · participle present reckoning for · participle past reckoned for · past reckoned for

  1. archaicTo answer for; to pay the account for.

    If they fail in any part of their bounden duty, they shall be sure to reckon for it one day.

    1634, Bp. Robert Sanderson, “Ad Clerum”, in Thirty-four Sermons, page 77
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, for.
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APA

reckon for. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reckon%20for

MLA

“reckon for.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reckon%20for. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reckon for,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reckon%20for.

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