·noun Esteem; account; estimation.
II. Reckoning ·noun An account of Time.
III. Reckoning ·noun The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
IV. Reckoning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Reckon.
V. Reckoning ·noun The charge or account made by a host at an Inn.
VI. Reckoning ·noun Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, ·etc.
VII. Reckoning ·noun The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
VIII. Reckoning ·noun 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.