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ready reckoner

American

noun

reckoner.

ready reckoner British

noun

a table of numbers used to facilitate simple calculations, esp one for applying rates of discount, interest, charging, etc, to different sums

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Etymology

Origin of ready reckoner

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

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Alongside a new "ready reckoner" tool, allowing farms to calculate how much they might be offered, Irranca-Davies announced £33m for nine preparatory schemes to " back farm businesses during the transition to the new SFS".

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Also she was somethin' of a ready reckoner.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell

A yellow-haired little man, shrewd, and a ready reckoner.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various

He consulted a ready reckoner that was on the desk.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert

He can do sums in his head, is a ready reckoner.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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