Reserve Definition
reserve
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)v
Noun
reserve (plural reserves)
- The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- I accept your view with one reserve.
- That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
- (Canadian) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group. (Compare US reservation.)
- (military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- (finance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
- (sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
Synonyms
- reservation, res
- (restraint of freedom in words or actions): self-restraint, reticence, taciturnity
- (sports: reserve player): substitute
- (tract of land for Aboriginal peoples): rez
Related terms
Verb
to reserve (third-person singular simple present reserves, present participle reserving, simple past and past participle reserved)
- To keep back; to retain.
- We reserve the right for modifications.
- To keep in store for future or special use.
- This cake is reserved for the guests!
- To book in advance; to make a reservation.
- I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
Translations
to keep back; to retain
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Noun
reserve f. and m. (plural reserves)
- reserve (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)
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Spanish
Verb
reserve (infinitive reservar)
- formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reservar.
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reservar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reservar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reservar.
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Look up reserve or reserves in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reserve (sometimes Reserves) may refer to:
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Economic
- Official gold reserves, held by central banks as a store of value
- Foreign exchange reserves, the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities
- Reserve currency, a currency which is held in significant quantities as part of foreign exchange reserves
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an emergency petroleum store maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy
- Fractional-reserve banking
- Bank reserves, holdings of deposits in central banks plus currency that is physically held in bank vaults
- Reserve (accounting), any part of shareholders' equity, except for basic share capital
- Mineral reserves, natural resources that are economically recoverable, e.g. Oil reserves
- Actuarial reserves, a liability equal to the present value of the future expected cash flows of a contingent event
- Reserve Primary Fund, a money market fund which "broke the buck"
Military
- Military reserve, military units not initially committed to battle
- Military reserve forces, are units formed of military personnel making a long term commitment to train part-time and maintain military skills, typically sacrificing one weekend in four to serve as civilian soldiers who are available to fight when a nation mobilizes for war. Most reserve personnel have served with their regular forces before entering civilian life, and may in addition to their weekend training commitment, serve a longer annual training deployment between two weeks and a month in length.
- Reserve components of the United States armed forces, "the Guard and Reserves"
- Canadian Forces Primary Reserve, the "Canadian Forces" Reserve Forces
- War Reserve Stock, a collection of warfighting material held in reserve in pre-positioned storage to be used if needed in wartime
- Regular Army Reserve of Officers, British Army officers holding regular commissions who are in receipt of retired pay and are held on the strength of the Regular Army until they reach the age of fifty five. RARO officers retain their rank and commissions and are liable for recall to active duty as required by the Ministry of Defence.
Land Management
- Game reserve, land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting
- Indian reserve, in Canada, a tract of land reserved for the use and benefit of a band
- Indian reservation, an equivalent concept in the United States
- Nature reserve, a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest
Sports
- Reserve clause, in North American professional sports contracts
- Reserve team, the second team fielded by a sports club, often football-soccer
Placenames
In the United States:Other
- Reserve wine, a wine that specially designated
- Course reserve, library materials reserved for particular users
- Dynamic reserve, the set of metabolites that the organism can use for metabolic purposes
- Fuel reserve, an extra fuel tank, or extra fuel in the main fuel tank
- Recreation reserve, a park with sporting or other recreational facilities
- Reserve stockpile, bulk materials reserved for future use
- Reserved decision, where a judge takes time to review evidence and the law and delivers a decision at a later time
See also
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