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Definition of Count on
1. Verb. Judge to be probable.
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Specialized synonyms: Allow, Take Into Account
Derivative terms: Calculable, Calculation, Estimator, Forecast, Forecaster
Definition of Count on
1. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) to rely upon, trust, or expect ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Count On
Literary usage of Count on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"They grasped his hand with the utmost warmth; he might for the future count on them.
At last, just as everyone was leaving, the Vicomte made a low bow to ..."
2. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With a Second Volume by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1876)
"And where a declaration contained a special count on a charter-party, from which
it appeared that a certain number of days on demurrage were allowed, ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"Now, from that count on its face Tost did not havs the right to determine not to
purchase under said option and refuse the plaintiffs the $3 per acre; ..."
4. A Selection of Cases on Pleading: With References and Citations by James Barr Ames (1905)
"478 (count upon renewal of insurance policy — amended count on refusal to ...
239 (count upon statute for excess of freight — amended count on common law ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... under Count Tilly proved too weak to hold in check who could also count on
the support of his father-in- both its internal and external enemies; ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Because, the count on which judgment was rendered against them does not •how that
Missouri is one of the United States. 2d. Because, the court permitted the ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"The plaintiff declared, in the first count, on a charter-party, whereby the
defendant agreed to sail to Honduras, and there take on board a full cargo of ..."
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