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▸ noun: The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
▸ noun: Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
▸ noun: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
▸ noun: A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
▸ noun: A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
▸ noun: (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
▸ noun: A reserve price in an auction.
▸ noun: Wine held back and aged before being sold.
▸ noun: (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
▸ noun: Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
▸ noun: In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
▸ noun: (calico printing) A resist.
▸ noun: A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
▸ verb: To keep back; to retain.
▸ verb: To keep in store for future or special use.
▸ verb: To book in advance; to make a reservation.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.
▸ noun: A city in Kansas.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Louisiana.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Montana.
▸ noun: A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Wisconsin.
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