reserve

reserve, emergency supply (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)

nl-noun

reserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)

reserves (plural)
reservetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reserwe

→ Indonesian: reserve (“reserve”)

desctree

>? Javanese: ꦱꦺꦉꦥ꧀ (sèrep, “spare”)
Caribbean Javanese: sèrep
→ Indonesian: sèrêp (“spare”)

Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.


reserve

The book is on reserve.

I accept your view with one reserve.

The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.

If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.

2014 April 25, Martin Lukacs, “Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 20, page 13:

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.

the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.

the Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy.

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose

(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (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, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

Wine held back and aged before being sold.

Each is decorated with a simple disk in reserve and a band in reserve adorned with white dots.

1973, Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, New York, N.Y: Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 161:

(ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.

Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.

(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.

(card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.

In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

en-noun

reserve (countable and uncountable, plural reserves)

self-restraint

restraint of freedom in words or actions

запася́ване

the act of reserving or keeping back; reservation

اِحْتِيَاط

that which is reserved or kept back, as for future use

рэзерва́цыя

tract of land reserved for Aboriginal people

рэзе́рв

military: body of troops in the rear of an army


reserve

We reserve the right to make modifications.

I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.

This cake is reserved for the guests!

c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
Conceal your esteem and love in your own breast, and reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.

To keep in store for future or special use.

I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.

To book in advance; to make a reservation.

(obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

en-verb

reserve (third-person singular simple present reserves, present participle reserving, simple past and past participle reserved)

reserves (present singular third-person)
reserving (participle present)
reserved (participle past)
reserved (past)

সাঁচা

to keep in store for future or special use


reserve

id-noun

rêsérvê (first-person possessive reserveku, second-person possessive reservemu, third-person possessive reservenya)

rêsérvê (canonical)
reserveku (first-person possessive)
reservemu (possessive second-person)
reservenya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch reserve, from Old French reserver.


reserve

reserven (definite singular)
reserver (indefinite plural)
reservene (definite plural)


reserve

reserven (definite singular)
reservar (indefinite plural)
reservane (definite plural)


reserve

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of reservar:
third-person singular imperative