单词 | to cast reckonings |
释义 | > as lemmasto cast reckonings c. esp. in to cast accounts, originally to sum up or reckon accounts (so to cast reckonings); now, to perform the ordinary operations of arithmetic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (intransitive)] > add or sum > column of figures cast1330 to cast accounts1399 to cast reckonings1565–78 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 279 Caste all þe countis þat þe kyng holdith. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. vi Folke that wyll lern to cast acoumpt. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 477/1 I caste an accomptes, after the comen maner, with counters, je compte par ject. 1565–78 T. Cooper Thesaurus Abaculus..a counter or other like thing, that men doe use to cast reckenings with. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 133 The counte being wel cast, the wood costes as deare, as the dressing. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 44 b You cast your accomptes amisse in your numbryng. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 53 Counters used in casting accompts,..sometimes stand for a great number, sometimes for a lesser. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 107 They can read, write, and cast accompts. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. iv. 3 To be taught to read, and write, and cast accounts. < as lemmas |
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