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re-serve

  [ree-surv]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -served, -serv⋅ing.
to serve again.
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Origin:
1865–70; re- + serve
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re⋅serve

  [ri-zurv] verb, -served, -serv⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
2. to retain or secure by express stipulation.
3. to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: ground reserved for gardening.
4. to keep for oneself.
5. to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
6. to save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.
–noun
7. Finance.
a. cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
b. uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
8. something kept or stored for use or need; stock: a reserve of food.
9. a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
10. a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose: a forest reserve.
11. an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification: I will do what you ask, but with one reserve.
12. Military.
a. a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the 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.
13. formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others: to conduct oneself with reserve.
14. reticence or silence.
–adjective
15. kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
16. of or pertaining to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows: the reserve champion steer.
—Idioms
17. in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need; reserved: money in reserve.
18. without reserve,
a. without restraint; frankly; freely.
b. (of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, esp. with no stipulated minimum price.
Origin:
1325–75; ME reserven (v.) < MF reserver < L reservāre to keep back, retain, equiv. to re- re- + servāre to save

Related forms:
re⋅serv⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅serve⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. husband, hold, store. See keep. 8. supply. 14. taciturnity, constraint, coldness.

Antonyms:
1. squander. 13, 14. warmth.
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re·serve   (rĭ-zûrv')   
tr.v.   re·served, re·serv·ing, re·serves

  1. To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.

  2. To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use. See Synonyms at book.

  3. To keep or secure for oneself; retain: I reserve the right to disagree. See Synonyms at keep.

n.  

  1. Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.

  2. The act of reserving.

  3. The keeping of one's feelings, thoughts, or affairs to oneself.

  4. Self-restraint in expression; reticence: "One feels it everywhere, a quality of reserve, something held back" (Rollene W. Saal).

  5. Lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution.

  6. An amount of capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands.

  7. A reservation of public land: a forest reserve.

  8. 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.

    1. A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises. Often used in the plural.

    2. The part of a country's armed forces not on active duty but subject to call in an emergency.

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

[Middle English reserven, from Old French reserver, from Latin reservāre, to keep back : re-, re- + servāre, to keep; see ser-1 in Indo-European roots.]
re·serv'a·ble adj., re·serv'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

reserve  (v.)
1340, from O.Fr. reserver, from L. reservare "keep back, save back," from re- "back" + servare "to keep, save, preserve, protect" (see observe). The noun meaning "something stored up" is from 1658. Reserved (in manner) first recorded 1601 in Shakespeare ("All's Well" v.3).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

reserve

The funds that are earmarked by a firm from its retained earnings for future use, such as for the payment of likely-to-be-incurred bad debts. The existence of such a reserve informs readers of the firm's financial statements that at least a part of the retained earnings will not be available to the stockholders. See also allowance for doubtful accounts, reserve for contingencies.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: reserve
Function: noun
1 : something stored or kept available for future use reserves>
2 : an act of reserving
3 : money kept in a separate account to meet future liabilities
legal reserve
: the minimum amount as determined by government standards of the deposits held by a bank or of the assets of a life insurance company required by law to be kept as reserves
loss reserve
1 : a reserve allocated by a bank for the purpose of absorbing losses loss reserve>
2 : an insurance company's reserve representing the discounted value of future payments to be made on losses which may have already occurred
policy reserve
: an insurance company's reserve representing the difference in value between the net premiums and assumed claims for a given year in life insurance
unearned premium reserve
: a reserve of funds which represents premiums paid to an insurance company but not yet applied to policy coverage and from which a policyholder is paid a refund in the event of cancellation prior to the period for which premiums have been paid
4 : RESERVE PRICE—with reserve : with a reserve price and with a seller reserving the right to reject all bids
NOTE: A sale at auction is with reserve if there is no explicit indication to the contrary.—without reserve : without a reserve price and with the seller bound to accept the highest bid
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2reserve
Function: adjective
: constituting or having the form or function of a reserve reserve supply> <reservestrength>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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reserve re·serve (rĭ-zûrv')
v. re·served, re·serv·ing, re·serves

  1. To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.

  2. To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use.

n.
Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. adj.

  1. Held back, set aside, or saved.

  2. Forming a reserve.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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