Reckoning meaning : To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. To come to an accounting; to draw up or settle accounts; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty. The action of calculating or estimating something. An opinion or judgement. A summing up or appraisal. The settlement of accounts, as between parties. The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions. The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern. Rank or status.