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reckoning
The action of calculating or estimating something.
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So saying, he called for a reckoning for the wine, and throwing down the price of the additional bottle which he had himself introduced, rose as if to take leave of us.
When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
An opinion or judgement.
A summing up or appraisal.
The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
(archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
(archaic) Rank or status.
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