reckon for

English

Verb

reckon for (third-person singular simple present reckons for, present participle reckoning for, simple past and past participle reckoned for)

1. (archaic) To answer for; to pay the account for.
   • 1634, Bp. Robert Sanderson, “Ad Clerum”, in Thirty-four Sermons, page 77:

     If they fail in any part of their bounden duty, they shall be sure to reckon for it one day.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon,‎ for.