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"Reserve" Definition

noun

A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises. Often used in the plural.
A reservation of public land: a forest reserve.
An amount of a mineral, fossil fuel, or other resource known to exist in a particular location and to be exploitable: the discovery of large oil reserves.
An amount of capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands.
Lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution.

adjective

Held in or forming a reserve: a reserve supply of food.

idiom

In reserve Kept back, set aside, or saved.

verb-transitive

To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.
To keep or secure for oneself; retain: I reserve the right to disagree. See Synonyms at keep.
To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use. See Synonyms at book.

verb

To hold in reserve keep back .
To set aside (part of the consecrated elements) at the Eucharist for future use.
To retain or hold over to a future time or place .
To make legal of.
To set or have set aside or apart .

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