dutch reckoning

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Definition of dutch reckoning in English English dictionary

a false or incorrect reckoning of position

A (falsified) bill that is not itemised, and that is unjustifiably high

'That's better!' he said, still smiling, but very much more pleasantly. 'Rig Jane out in the first style of elegance, and send me a Dutch reckoning: I don't want to know the particulars.'.

as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; 1 March 1625 in the

Hyphenation

dutch reck·on·ing

Turkish pronunciation

dʌç reknîng

Pronunciation

/ˈdəʧ ˈreknəɴɢ/ /ˈdʌʧ ˈrɛknɪŋ/