Reserve
- Noun
A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
- Noun
A body of troops 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.
- Verb
Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.
- Noun
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- Verb
To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
- Noun
Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.
- Verb
To make an exception of; to except.
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