different between consideration vs reckoning

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French consideracion, from Latin c?ns?der?ti?. Synchronically analyzable as consider +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d???e???n/
• Hyphenation: con?sid?er?ation
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

consideration (countable and uncountable, plural considerations)

1. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

   Synonyms: deliberation, thought
2. Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.

   Synonyms: factor, motive, reason

3. The tendency to consider others.

4. A payment or other recompense for something done.

5. (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
6. Importance, claim to notice, regard.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54

     [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration.

Related terms

Translations

Middle French

Noun

consideration f (plural considerations)

1. Alternative form of consyderation

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