: a time when the consequences of a course of mistakes or misdeeds are felt
the flow of wealth … hurried overstocking and brought the day of reckoning nearer — R.A.Billington
: a time when the consequences of a course of mistakes or misdeeds are felt
the flow of wealth … hurried overstocking and brought the day of reckoning nearer — R.A.Billington
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012