Lexic.us

Definition of Reckoner

1. Noun. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).

2. Noun. A handbook of tables used to facilitate computation.

Definition of Reckoner

1. n. One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.

Definition of Reckoner

1. Noun. One who reckons. ¹

2. Noun. An accountant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reckoner

1. one that reckons [n -S] - See also: reckons

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reckoner

recklessnesses reckling recklings reckmaster reckon reckon'd reckon for reckon on reckon upon reckon with

reckon without reckoned reckoned for reckoned on reckoned upon reckoner (current term) reckoners reckoning reckoning for reckoning on

reckoning upon reckonings reckons reckons for reckons on reckons upon recks reclad recladded recladding

Literary usage of Reckoner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1903)
"DISCOUNT AND INTEREST reckoner. The " Rapid " Discount and Interest reckoner. 1899. ... Wightman's Penny Ready reckoner for Wages, pp. 64. Load. 1899. 16". ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"ТЫ* was possibly a i4 ready reckoner," or table of calculated products. It is difficult to see how, as Cantor suggests (Varies, pp. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1830)
"e banker and accountant bave been long in possession с r «ccurate and extensive interest tables; and the coin- x~>n ready reckoner of pounds, shillings, ..."

4. Classified Guide to Technical and Commercial Books: A Subject-list of the by Edgar Greenwood (1904)
"AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT CALCULATOR and Ready reckoner, by AE King. ... INFALLIBLE READY reckoner, with Discount or Interest Tables, by W. Coxhead. 16mo. 268 pp. ..."

5. Classified Guide to Technical and Commercial Books: A Subject-list of the by Edgar Greenwood (1904)
"AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT CALCULATOR and Ready reckoner, by AE King. Large cr. 8vo. 2nd ed. ... IDEAL OFFICE reckoner, 300000 Calculations. Pott 8vo. 896 pp. 1901. ..."

6. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"The proof is entirely geometrical, but amounts of course to the elimination of three quantities 6, c, d from the above four equations. The Sand-reckoner ..."

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