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Settling Of Accounts Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "RECKONING" which means:
- noun
- • Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- • A bill for an amount due
- • The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order verb
- • 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.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The final reckoning will determine who wins the competition."
- • "He faced a reckoning for his reckless behavior."
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