![]() noun The charge or account made by a host at an inn. ![]() noun Adjustment of claims and accounts settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.noun The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes the result of reckoning or counting calculation.See dead-reckoning.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun Nautical, the calculation of the position of a ship from the rate as determined by the log, and the course as determined by the compass, the place from which the vessel started being known.noun Standing as to rank, quality, or worthiness rating consideration reputation.noun A holding in estimation assignment of value appreciation.noun An accounting for action or conduct explanation inquisition scrutiny.noun A summing up in general a counting of cost or expenditure a comparison of items or particulars in any matter of accountability. ![]()
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