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

You’ve a good business, Mr. Macartney, so I dare say you’re a ready reckoner.

From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Fritz was the ready reckoner of the three, and quickly answered, "Twelve hundred horses, six hundred wagons, and six hundred drivers."

From Pixy's Holiday Journey by Lang, George

It looks like a page out of a ready reckoner or a mathematician's nightmare.

From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan

Also she was somethin' of a ready reckoner.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell

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