Dutch reckoning noun2 •A false or incorrect reckoning of position. •(no longer used) 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.' — 2009
