reserve
The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
Other meanings
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
Related words
- bioreserve
- nonreserve
- reserveless
- reservism
- ressie
- underreserve
- unreserve
- cognitive reserve
- cookie-jar reserve
- dividend equalisation reserve
- Federal Reserve
- fractional reserve banking
Word history
From Latin "reservō" (to reserve, retain).
Where this comes from
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