reckon with

English

Verb

reckon with (third-person singular simple present reckons with, present participle reckoning with, simple past and past participle reckoned with)

1. To settle accounts or claims with.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 25:19:

     After a long time, the lord of those seruants commeth, and reckoneth with them.

2. To deal with.

   We'll reckon with him after the deed is done.

3. To take into account.

   I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.

   • 1918, The Economist, volume 86, page 778:

     Swiss manufacturers reckon with the possibility of a contractless state with Germany. The Swiss public opinion is afraid that such a contractless state will lead to intolerable interferences of German authorities with Swiss economic life.

   • 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter 1, in Have His Carcase (fiction):

     She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun.

Derived terms

• to be reckoned with
• to reckon with

Translations

To settle accounts with or to settle claims with

• Catalan: arreglar els comptes
• Estonian: tegusõnafraas
• French: régler ses comptes avec
• Russian: рассчитываться (ru) (rassčityvatʹsja)
• Spanish: arreglar las cuentas con

To deal with

• Catalan: encarregar-se de, ocupar-se de
• Spanish: encargarse de, ocuparse de

To take into account

• Catalan: tenir en compte
• French: prendre en compte (fr)
• Spanish: tener en cuenta
• Swedish: räkna med (sv)