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ready reckoner

ready reckoner

noun

  1. a table of numbers used to facilitate simple calculations, esp one for applying rates of discount, interest, charging, etc, to different sums
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ready reckoner1

First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences

William Sutcliffe on his return said that Sammy's three notes were pinned in a ready reckoner.

Having been pinned in the ready reckoner, it would show the marks of pin-holes.

True, all turns on your Ready-Reckoner being moderately correct,—being not insupportably incorrect!

We are to judge of every individual case as it arises, apparently without any social summary or moral ready-reckoner at all.

The French word barme or barrme, a ready-reckoner, is derived from his name.

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