reserve /ri-zûrvˈ/

1. To hold back
2. To save up, esp for a future occasion or special purpose
3. To keep, retain
4. To preserve
5. To spare
6. To set apart
7. To book, engage

1. The keeping of something reserved
2. State of being reserved
3. That which is reserved
4. A reservation
5. A reserved store or stock
6. A reserve price
7. A tract of land reserved for a special purpose
8. A public park (Aust and NZ)
9. In Canada, a Native American reservation
10. A substitute kept in readiness (sport)
11. (esp in pl) a military force kept out of action until occasion serves
12. (esp in pl) a force not usu serving but liable to be called up when required
13. (often pl) resources of physical or spiritual nature available in abnormal circumstances
14. Part of assets kept readily available for ordinary demands
15. (usu in pl) an unexploited quantity of a mineral (esp oil, gas or coal) calculated to exist in a given area
16. (in pl) amounts of gold and foreign currencies held by a country
17. (in pl) elements of equity other than the face value of share capital (accounting)
18. Artistic restraint
19. Restrained manner
20. Reticence
21. Aloofness
22. A secret information withheld (archaic)
23. Limitation, restriction
24. A mental reservation

1. Kept in reserve
2. Of a reserve or reserves

reservˈable adjective

reservāˈtion /rez-/ noun

1. The act of reserving or keeping back, or keeping for oneself
2. An expressed or tacit proviso, limiting condition, or exception
3. Something withheld
4. A tract of public land reserved for some special purpose, eg for preserving game, forest, etc
5. In the USA, an area of land set aside by treaty for the use of a particular Native American tribe or group
6. The Pope's retention to himself of the right to nominate to a benefice
7. A limitation
8. The booking of a seat, room, passage, etc
9. A booked seat, room, etc
10. The strip of grass, etc between the two roads of a dual carriageway
11. A clause of a deed by which a person reserves for himself or herself a right, interest, etc in a property he or she is granting, as that of ordinary rent (law)
12. The act of reserving such a right or interest (law)

reservatory /ri-zûrvˈə-tər-i/ noun (obsolete)

1. A receptacle
2. A reservoir

reservedˈ adjective

1. Reticent
2. Uncommunicative
3. Aloof in manner
4. Booked
5. Having the original colour of the surface or background (ceramics)

reservˈedly adverb

reservedness /ri-zûrvdˈnis/ noun

reservˈer noun

reservˈist noun

A member of a reserve force

reserve bank noun

1. Any of the US Federal Reserve banks
2. A central bank holding reserves for other banks (esp Aust and NZ)

reserve currency noun

Any stable and easily convertible foreign currency that a government holds in its foreign exchange reserves and uses to finance a large part of its international trade

reserved list noun

A list of retired officers in the armed services who may be recalled for active service in the event of war

reserved occupation noun

Employment of national importance that exempts from service in the armed forces

reserved word noun (computing)

A word with a specific use in a programming language that cannot therefore be used as an identifier, etc

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