What it means
Means think, believe, or figure, usually said like you're calling it as you see it. I reckon softens an opinion so it sounds confident but not arrogant, and it works for guesses too, like I reckon it'll be ten minutes. You can flip it into a question as well, do you reckon he’ll show? Dead common chat at home and in the UK, super everyday.
Usage examples
"I reckon we smash a servo pie, duck into Bunnings, then bail before peak hour turns the M1 into a car park."
"I reckon it'll rain later, best take a brolly just in case."
Where it comes from
From the old sense of "reckon" as to count or calculate, the same as reckoning up a bill. Over time the maths softened into opinion, so to reckon something is to tot up what you think and land on a view, that quietly confident "I reckon" the British love.
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