different between reckoning vs numbering

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English noumbringe; equivalent to number +? -ing.

Noun

numbering (countable and uncountable, plural numberings)

1. A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
2. The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.
3. The action of counting or ordering with numbers.

Synonyms

• (action of counting or ordering with numbers): enumeration, telling; see also Thesaurus:counting

Derived terms

• autonumbering

Translations

Verb

numbering

1. present participle of number

Anagrams

• renumbing