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1 taking everything into account (idiom)

2 when all is said and done

1 lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly

2 concerned with petty interests

3 selfish and uncaring of the interests of others

4 bean counter

1 meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)

1 to compute on the abacus

2 (fig.) to calculate

3 to plan

4 to scheme

1 clearing bank

1 operating environment

1 Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics

1 The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

1 God's plans supersede our own

2 Man proposes but God disposes

1 computer simulation

1 lit. small abacus

2 fig. selfish calculations

3 bean-counting

1 to have the final say

2 to be the one in charge

1 decimal calculation

1 defense budget

1 parallel computing

1 lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts

2 to bide time for revenge

1 floating point operation

1 who do (you) think (you) are?

2 who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?