different between charges vs reckoning

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t????d???z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t????d???z/

Noun

charges

1. plural of charge

Verb

charges

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charge

Anagrams

• Creaghs, Schrage

Dutch

Noun

charges

1. plural of charge

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??/

Noun

charges f

1. plural of charge

Verb

charges

1. second-person singular present indicative of charger
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of charger

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?n??/

Verb

reckoning

1. Present participle and gerund of reckon.

Noun

reckoning (plural reckonings)

1. The action of calculating or estimating something.

   • 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.
2. An opinion or judgement.
3. A summing up or appraisal.
4. The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
5. The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
6. (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
7. (archaic) Rank or status.

Synonyms

• (action of calculating or estimating something): calculation, computation; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Translations

Derived terms

• dead reckoning