A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises. Often used in the plural.
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A reservation of public land: a forest reserve.
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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.
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An amount of capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands.
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Lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution.
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verb-transitive
To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.
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To keep or secure for oneself; retain: I reserve the right to disagree. See Synonyms at keep.
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To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use. See Synonyms at book.
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verb
To hold in reserve keep back .
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To set aside (part of the consecrated elements) at the Eucharist for future use.
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To retain or hold over to a future time or place .
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To make legal of.
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To set or have set aside or apart .
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adjective
Held in or forming a reserve: a reserve supply of food.
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idiom
In reserve Kept back, set aside, or saved.
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