reserve

re•serve

[[t]rɪˈzɜrv[/t]] v. -served, -serv•ing, n. adj.

1) to keep back or save for future use

2) to retain or secure by prior arrangement

3) to set apart for a particular use

4) to delay; postpone:

to reserve judgment[/ex]

5) to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece

6) bus

a) cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside to meet unexpected demands

b) uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements

7) something stored for use or need; stock:

a reserve of food[/ex]

8) a resource not normally called upon but available if needed

9) can.

a) a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose:

a forest reserve[/ex]

b) can. such land set apart for the use of First Nations

10) an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification

11) mil

a) part of a military force held in readiness to augment the main force

b) the part of a country's fighting force not in active service

c) reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army

12) formality and self-restraint; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others

13) reticence or silence; forebearance

14) kept in reserve; forming a reserve

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- in reserve without reserve

Etymology: 1325–75; (v.) < MF reserver < L reservāre to keep back =re- re-+servāre to save re•serv′a•ble, adj. syn: See keep