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reckoning out

reckoning out is the present participle and gerund of reckon out.

Meaning of reckon out

Verb

reckon out (third-person singular simple present reckons out, present participle reckoning out, simple past and past participle reckoned out)

  1. (transitive) To figure out; determine by calculation, computation, or logic; make out
    • But suppose, now, that we could reckon it out, that the inmost secret of it all lay as clear and plain to us as a rule-of-three sum, should we be any the happier?2008, Fridtjof Nansen, Farthest North, page 302
  2. (transitive) To count out
    • Woe to those who act fraudulently, who exact their full measure when in receipt from others, yet give short measure when they reckon out or weigh out for others.2012, Marvin E. Gettleman, Stuart Schaar, The Middle East and Islamic World Reader

Questions about reckoning out

What is reckoning out the present participle and gerund of?
Reckoning out is the present participle and gerund of reckon out.

Words near reckoning out in the dictionary

  1. reckoneth
  2. reckonin'
  3. reckoning
  4. reckoning for
  5. reckoning on
  6. reckoning out
  7. reckoning up
  8. reckoning upon
  9. reckoning with
  10. reckoning without
  11. reckoning without one's host

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