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Definition: Reserve |
ReserveAdjective1. Not engaged in military action. 2. Kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts". Noun1. Formality and propriety of manner. 2. Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. 3. An athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out. 4. (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions. 5. A district that is reserved for particular purpose. 6. Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency. 7. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary. Verb1. Hold back or set aside, esp. for future use or contingency: reserve: they held back their applause in anticipation. 2. Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research". 3. Hold on to. 4. Obtain or arrange in advance: "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's". 5. Arrange for and reserve in advance; "reserve a seat on a flight"; "We booked tickets to the show"; "please hold a table at Maxim's". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reserve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Reserve \Re*serve"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Reserved. Reserving.]. (references) |
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Computing | To allocate a memory area and/or peripheral units to a particular program operating in a multiprogramming system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | The extra generatingcapability that an electric utility needs, above and beyond the highest demand levelit is required to supply to meet its users1/4 needs. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A stand held over for future allocation and utilisation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Math | That amount of a resource held by the EOS Program and Project to satisfy unanticipated requirements or objectives. (references) |
Mining | A. The quantity of mineral that is calculated to lie within given boundaries. It is described as total (or gross), workable, or probable working, depending on the application of certain arbitrary limits in respect of deposit thickness, depth, quality, geological conditions, and contemporary economic factors. Proved, probable, and possible reserves are other terms used in general mining practice b. Sampled ore, developed, blocked out, or exposed on not less than three sides. See also:development sampling; ore reserve; probable ore; workable c. The amount of payable ore, developed and ready for extraction, orblocked out ahead of immediate requirements. (references) |
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A reserve is an area where species of flora and fauna can be protected and preserved from extinction. Examples include nature reserves and game reserves.See also: Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, National Nature Reserve, Indian reservation
A reserve can also be a financial measure to prevent a nation or a company from becoming bankrupt. Examples include the Federal Reserve of the United States of America.
Reserve is also the name for several places in the United States:
- Reserve, Kansas
- Reserve, Louisiana
- Reserve, Montana
- Reserve, New Mexico
- Reserve, Wisconsin
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reserve."
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Reserve is a city located in Brown County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 100.Geography
Reserve is located at 39°58'35" North, 95°33'52" West (39.976378, -95.564464)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²). 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 100 people, 50 households, and 21 families residing in the city. The population density is 351.0/km² (905.6/mi²). There are 60 housing units at an average density of 210.6/km² (543.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 82.00% White, 1.00% African American, 16.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 50 households out of which 24.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.0% are married couples living together, 6.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 58.0% are non-families. 48.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.00 and the average family size is 3.10. In the city the population is spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 122.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 122.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $13,333, and the median income for a family is $28,125. Males have a median income of $22,188 versus $18,958 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,343. 24.7% of the population and 6.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 42.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reserve, Kansas."
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Reserve is a town located in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,111.Geography
Reserve is located at 30°3'45" North, 90°33'12" West (30.062566, -90.553296)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.3 km² (17.1 mi²). 41.6 km² (16.1 mi²) of it is land and 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 6.13% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 9,111 people, 3,068 households, and 2,347 families residing in the town. The population density is 218.9/km² (567.1/mi²). There are 3,385 housing units at an average density of 81.3/km² (210.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 44.17% White, 53.92% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.60% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. 1.98% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,068 households out of which 41.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% are married couples living together, 22.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% are non-families. 20.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.97 and the average family size is 3.45. In the town the population is spread out with 32.2% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $32,466, and the median income for a family is $40,191. Males have a median income of $33,297 versus $19,671 for females. The per capita income for the town is $13,373. 21.5% of the population and 18.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 30.8% are under the age of 18 and 15.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reserve, Louisiana."
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Reserve is a town located in Sheridan County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 37.Geography
Reserve is located at 48°36'19" North, 104°27'50" West (48.605251, -104.463969)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²). 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 37 people, 18 households, and 10 families residing in the town. The population density is 10.4/km² (26.9/mi²). There are 25 housing units at an average density of 7.0/km² (18.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.30% White, 0.00% African American, 2.70% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 2.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 18 households out of which 27.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.06 and the average family size is 2.64. In the town the population is spread out with 18.9% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 13.5% from 25 to 44, 35.1% from 45 to 64, and 29.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 50 years. For every 100 females there are 76.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,750, and the median income for a family is $30,000. Males have a median income of $13,750 versus $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $13,742. 33.3% of the population and 41.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 40.0% are under the age of 18 and 66.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reserve, Montana."
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Reserve is a village located in Catron County, New Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 387. It is the county seat of Catron County6.On December 1, 1884, near town (then called Frisco), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca held off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who wanted to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarthy. The cowboys were terrorizing the area's Hispanos and Baca was working against them.
Geography
Reserve is located at 33°42'31" North, 108°45'39" West (33.708493, -108.760822)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 387 people, 177 households, and 103 families residing in the village. The population density is 266.8/km² (696.2/mi²). There are 238 housing units at an average density of 164.1/km² (428.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 80.10% White, 0.52% African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 13.95% from other races, and 4.91% from two or more races. 40.57% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 177 households out of which 25.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% are married couples living together, 14.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% are non-families. 39.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.14 and the average family size is 2.84.
In the village the population is spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village is $24,750, and the median income for a family is $30,536. Males have a median income of $30,833 versus $16,000 for females. The per capita income for the village is $14,612. 17.8% of the population and 14.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 22.6% are under the age of 18 and 9.1% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reserve, New Mexico."
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Reserve is a town located in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 436.Geography
Reserve is located at 45°51'36" North, 91°22'22" West (45.859877, -91.372722)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 139.1 km² (53.7 mi²). 137.3 km² (53.0 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.30% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 436 people, 160 households, and 103 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.2/km² (8.2/mi²). There are 252 housing units at an average density of 1.8/km² (4.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 17.66% White, 0.00% African American, 82.11% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.23% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 160 households out of which 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% are married couples living together, 18.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% are non-families. 33.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.73 and the average family size is 3.42. In the town the population is spread out with 33.3% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $22,250, and the median income for a family is $32,750. Males have a median income of $23,125 versus $21,094 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,588. 26.2% of the population and 22.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.8% are under the age of 18 and 21.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reserve, Wisconsin."
Synonyms: ReserveSynonyms: inactive (adj), reserve(a) (adj), spare (adj), backlog (n), military reserve (n), modesty (n), reservation (n), reticence (n), stockpile (n), substitute (n), taciturnity (n), allow (v), appropriate (v), book (v), earmark (v), hold (v), retain (v), set aside (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision; silence; (taciturnity); suppression of truth; underhand dealing; closeness, secretiveness; Adjective: mystery. |
Keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore. | |
Disuse | Verb: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf,lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard; (eject); dismiss, give warning. |
Lateness | Put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve; (store); temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it. |
Region | Arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve, preserve; street; (abode). |
Retention | Secure, withhold, detain; hold back, keep back; keep close; husband; (store); reserve; have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock; (possess); entail, tie up, settle. |
Store | Stock in trade, supply; heap; (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche. |
Taciturnity | Noun: silence, muteness, obmutescence; taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness, curtness; reserve, reticence; (concealment). |
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Screenplays | But we do reserve the right to be pissed off if we don't get it. It's the thing that makes us fascinating (Sliding Doors; writing credit: Peter Howitt.) I've joined the Naval Reserve! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Personally, I think she has plenty - in reserve! (It; writing credit: Elinor Glyn; Hope Loring) I'll reserve a table for two. (UFO; writing credit: Gérard Sire) Fuel status? You have a reserve, don't you (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hotel Reserve (1944) Reserve hat Ruh (1931) On the Reserve (1920) | |
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 | The Lena River, some 2,800 miles(4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is an important refuge and breeding grounds for many species of Siberian wildlife. Credit: NASA. |  | Point Lobos State Reserve. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Bottom mounted current meter being deployed from FERREL Project to determine path of brine plume from salt dome solution and pumping Studies during formation of Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The Sapelo Island visitor center near Meridian Dock on the Georgia mainland. Tours of the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve begin here. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A view of wetlands at Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Two schools from Hillsborough County plant approximately 8,000 planting units of smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, at the Cockroach Bay Aquatic Reserve. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | At Cockroach Bay Aquatic Reserve, a volunteer planting of 8,000 planting units of smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. A birder enjoys a winter morning observing the many species found on Bear Island. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Part of the Costa Rican rain forest at the Carara Biological Reserve. Credit: Small World. |
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| "Sydney Harbour" by Jon Sepúlveda Commentary: "Sydney Harbour viewed from North Head Reserve." | "Dutch Scene" by Frank P.J. Van Haalen Commentary: "High moon over a Haringvliet nature reserve in Holland, The Netherlands." |
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| Author | Quotation |
James A. Froude | Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. |
Jane Austen | There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. |
Miguel De Cervantes | No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve. |
Oscar Wilde | One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age. |
Shakespeare | Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgement. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Allied and Associated Powers reserve the right to accept or not the enjoyment of these rights and advantages. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He seemed to have all the life and spirit, cheerful feelings, and social inclinations of his father, and nothing of the pride or reserve of Enscombe |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The cure thought best, and did well perhaps, to reserve out of what Jean Valjean had left, the largest amount possible for the poor |
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Health | At the biologic level, there is variability in the regulation of homeostasis, organ system reserve, immunologic responsiveness, and body composition. (references) | |
You may have little emotional reserve left after dealing with your sick child to talk with siblings about their concerns, to play with them, or help with their homework. (references) | ||
Furthermore, recent studies conducted by NICHD grantee Terry Hassold, a geneticist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, show that half the time, the extra chromosome comes from the father. (references) | ||
Business | Approval of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is required for opening of such offices. (references) | |
Therefore it has been difficult to build up a reserve fund for future technology upgrades and acquisitions. (references) | ||
Turkey does not import perlite since it has a three billion ton reserve (the world’s largest) of this mineral. (references) | ||
Children | Brazil | A 1991 law stipulates that all businesses with over 200 employees must reserve 2 percent of their vacancies for persons with disabilities. (references) |
Pakistan | There is a legal provision requiring public and private organizations to reserve at least 2 percent of their jobs for qualified persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Algeria | Public enterprises, in downsizing the work force, generally ignore a law that requires that they reserve 1 percent of their jobs for persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Marshall Islands | In February the Government enacted regulations that reserve certain types of businesses only to citizens. (references) |
India | For example, some states reserve jobs and educational enrollment slots for Muslims, who do not benefit from reservations designed to help lower-caste Hindus. (references) | |
Macedonia | On June 25, reserve policemen and soldiers, some in uniform and bearing service weapons, joined a demonstration of internally displaced persons (IDP's) who attacked the Parliament. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | Reserve and other similar funds now are discretionary. (references) |
Jamaica | There are no policies or regulations that reserve areas exclusively to Jamaicans. (references) | |
India | Approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is required for opening such offices. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Authorities reserve "A" cells for prominent persons, including political leaders. (references) |
Guatemala | Eventually Linares was reassigned from the capital to the Military Reserve Command in Totonicapan. (references) | |
Jamaica | After 5 hours, local police and the JCF Mobile Reserve Unit attempted to disperse the crowd, firing tear gas and live ammunition in the air. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | The U'wa reserve measures 1.25 million acres and has estimated oil reserves of up to 1 billion barrels. (references) |
Brazil | Pataxo leaders claim that the sterilizations constituted genocide intended to free their land for farmers who illegally occupy the Pataxo reserve. (references) | |
Brazil | In December the federal attorney's office filed a statement supporting the restoration of demarcated lands of the Caramuru-Catarina Paraguacu reserve to the Pataxo Ha-Ha-Hae tribe. (references) | |
Minorities | India | In July Salem Sessions Court of Tamil Nadu sentenced 17 persons to life imprisonment in a case relating to the killing of six Dalits, including the president of Melalvalavu Panchayat (local authority), in 1997. The murder was the result of a longstanding feud between Dalits and a dominant peasant caste, exacerbated by the Panchayat elections of 1996. According to press reports, some members of the higher caste disagreed with the State Election Commission's decision to reserve the Melavalavu Panchayat presidency for Dalits, and forcibly closed the Panchayat office for several days. (references) |
Political Economy | UKRAINE | The strength of the hryvnia is mirrored in Ukraine's foreign reserve situation. (references) |
RUSSIA | Given its strong international reserve situation, the government is not seeking a Stand-by facility. (references) | |
Political Rights | Panama | Locally, tribal chiefs govern each reserve; they meet in a general congress at regular intervals. (references) |
Panama | Neither the Madugandi nor the Embera-Wounaan reserve has its own dedicated legislators, but each has a separate governor. (references) | |
Panama | The Electoral Tribunal continued the process of demarcating electoral districts within a new reserve created for the Ngobe-Bugle. (references) | |
Trade | Costa Rica | The reduction in reserve requirements has helped narrow the spread. (references) |
Haiti | Actually the BRH has applied a 31 percent reserve requirement on foreign currency deposits. (references) | |
New Zealand | The Reserve Bank grants a banking license to any institution that meets certain requirements. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | Most housing has attic reserve water tanks. (references) |
Korea | When visiting Korea on business, it is best to reserve your room well in advance. (references) | |
Indonesia | Visitors departing Indonesia should reserve enough funds to pay the Rp. 75,000 airport departure tax. (references) | |
Women | India | Lashkar-e-Jabbar also had further ordered Hindus and Sikhs in the valley to wear identifying marks and has told transport companies to reserve 50 percent of their seats for women in an effort to separate men and women in public spaces. (references) |
Worker Rights | Fiji | Since employers reserve the right to fire union organizers, some workers are afraid to unionize. (references) |
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Robert Novak | But a majority of the president's party in Congress is opposing him on this issue and the House Democratic leader spoke out against the agreement on the same day that the Federal Reserve chairman was supporting it. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | I reserve for a special message a more particular communication on this interesting subject. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Since your last session the Northern tribes have sold to us the lands between the Connecticut Reserve and the former Indian boundary and those on the Ohio from the same boundary to the rapids and for a considerable depth inland. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Given the cooperation of the Federal Reserve System, which I so earnestly seek, I am confident that this movement can continue. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Only a reduction in spending can make it possible for the Federal Reserve System to avoid an inflationary growth in the money supply and thus restore balance to our economy. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Some reserve personnel have also now been equipped with new equipment. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | So tonight I am asking the Congressional leaders and the Federal Reserve to cooperate with us in a study, led by Chairman Alan Greenspan, to sort out our technical differences so that we can avoid a return to unproductive partisan bickering. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let us not reserve the better angels only for natural disasters, leaving our deepest and most profound problems to petty political fighting. |
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| "Reserve" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.03% of the time. "Reserve" is used about 1,821 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50.03% | 911 | 7,876 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 23.64% | 431 | 13,316 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.01% | 219 | 20,419 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.35% | 207 | 21,147 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.96% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,821 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Reserve Royalty Corporation | USA | Capital Reserve Corp. Colorado |
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1. Reserve, KS (city, FIPS 59050) 2. Reserve, LA (CDP, FIPS 64310) 3. Reserve, MT 4. Reserve, NM (village, FIPS 62620) 5. Reserve, WI (CDP, FIPS 67050) |
Expressions using "reserve": accounting reserve ♦ army reserve ♦ board of governors of the Federal Reserve ♦ breathing reserve ♦ capital reserve ♦ cash reserve ♦ central reserve ♦ central reserve cities ♦ contingency reserve ♦ corps de reserve ♦ excess reserve ♦ Expiratory Reserve Volume ♦ exploitable reserve ♦ extraordinary reserve ♦ federal reserve ♦ federal Reserve Bank ♦ Federal Reserve Banks ♦ Federal Reserve Board ♦ Federal Reserve Float ♦ federal reserve note ♦ federal reserve system ♦ floating reserve ♦ forest reserve ♦ free reserve ♦ game reserve ♦ general reserve ♦ gold reserve ♦ hidden reserve ♦ home reserve ♦ in reserve ♦ inferred reserve ♦ initial reserve ♦ Inspiratory Reserve Volume ♦ insurance reserve ♦ international reserve ♦ investment reserve ♦ keep in reserve ♦ mathematical reserve ♦ military reserve ♦ mobile reserve ♦ National Reserve Forces Committee ♦ nature reserve ♦ operational reserve ♦ plead for a reserve ♦ possible reserve ♦ probable reserve ♦ prospective reserve ♦ proved reserve ♦ proven reserve ♦ pulmonary reserve ♦ ready reserve ♦ real reserve ♦ recoverable reserve ♦ redemption reserve ♦ regional reserve ♦ reserve a compartment ♦ reserve account ♦ reserve air ♦ reserve ammunition ♦ reserve army ♦ reserve assets ♦ reserve bank ♦ reserve chute ♦ reserve city ♦ reserve currency ♦ reserve for the future ♦ reserve fund ♦ reserve list ♦ reserve money ♦ reserve officer ♦ Reserve Officers Training Corps ♦ reserve oneself ♦ reserve player ♦ reserve prescribed by articles ♦ reserve price ♦ reserve service ♦ reserve tank ♦ reserve team ♦ reserve the right to do smth. ♦ Reserve Township ♦ reserve tree ♦ reserve troops ♦ reserve unit ♦ retrospective reserve ♦ security reserve ♦ speak without reserve ♦ special reserve ♦ special reserve fund ♦ statutory reserve ♦ strategic reserve ♦ synchronised reserve system ♦ synchronized reserve system ♦ tactical reserve ♦ technical reserve ♦ terminal reserve ♦ territorial reserve ♦ unappropriated reserve ♦ under reserve ♦ undeveloped proven reserve ♦ unearned premium reserve ♦ unexpired risks reserve. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "reserve": reserve-officers, reserve-team, reserve-type. | |
Ending with "reserve": regular-reserve. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "reserve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bespreek (reserved), bestel (book, order, ordered). (various references) | |
Albanian | ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hold, hug, keep, lay up, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, retain, safeguard, save, secure, shield, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), rezervoj (bespeak, book, earmark, engage, hive, lay in), rezervist (militiaman, reservist), rezervë (backup, cartridge, deposit, distance, emergency, fountain, fund, garment, hoard, leeway, margin, munition, offishness, ordinary, pool, reservation, resource, spare, stand by, stock, stockpile, store, supply), rezerva (potentiality, resources), përmbajtje (check, constraint, content, contents, demureness, deterrence, equanimity, incorporation, matter, moderation, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, substance, suppression, table of contents, temperance, tenor), fshehtësi (conspiracy, furtiveness, privacy, privity, secrecy), heqje (abolition, clearing, collection, deduction, Defeasance, deletion, deprivation, derogation, dismissal, dismission, disposal, dispossession, ejection, elimination, evacuation, excision, extirpation, extraction, jump, omission, out, outage, privation, recall, relegation, removal, rending, resection, skip, stripping, subtraction, tripping), i rezervuar (booked, laid up, offish, self contained, stand offish, unobtrusive, withdrawn), kufizim (cramp, limitation, narrowness, qualification, reservation, restraint, stint, stricture), kursej (husband, lay up, put aside, save, save up, scrimp, spare, store, thrift), kusht (actualities, circumstance, circumstances, condition, price, provision, proviso, reservation, salvo, specification, stipulation, term, thing), mbaj rezervë, merrem vesh (accord, negotiate, strike a bargain, swap, swop), fond (bankroll, fund, stock), përjashtim (disqualification, elimination, exception, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, immunity, ouster), zë me kohë, paracaktoj (designate, destine, foreordain, mean, ordain, order, prearrange, predestine, predetermine, pre-establish, tab, will), prenotoj, vërejtje (attention, comment, custody, jobation, objection, observation, rebuke, remark, reproach, reproof, reservation), ngurrim (demur, dither, falter, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance, shilly shally). (various references) | |
Arabic | مال إحتياطي, حفظ (commit to memory, conservation, conserve, desiccate, din into, keep, keeping, maintenance, memorize, preservation, protect, protection, reservation, retain, save, set aside, store, treasure), حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), تكتم (reticence, secrecy, secretion, slyness), تحفظ (closeness, have reservations, hedge, limiting condition, precaution, proviso, qualify, reservation, restraint, reticence, self restraint), سر (breeze, brighten, delight, divert, gladden, gratify, mystery, please, pleasure, satisfy, secret, steer), ذخيرة (ammo, ammunition, dump, hoard, munitions, repertory, reservoir, store), إحتاط (provide), إستبقى جزءا من, إدخار (saving), أرجأ (defer, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put off, remit, respite, waive), دخر (enshrine, fund, garner, hoard, husband, lay by, lay up, put aside, put by, save, set, set apart, set aside, siphon, skimp, sock away, spare, stash, store). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | резервирам (book), предварително условие (precondition, premise), премълчаване на истината, бранище (reservation), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, restrain, retain, trig), запазвам (hold over, keep, maintain, preserve, protect, retain, save, secure, set aside), запазвам си, запас (army reserve, arrearage, backlog, fund, hoard, reservoir, stock, store, supply), запасен (emergency, inactive, reserved), необщителност (reticence, taciturnity), предназначавам (assign, design, designate, destine, intend, mean, mete out), резерв, съхранявам (conserve, enshrine, treasure up), резервираност (distance, ice, reticence, stiffness), резерва (backlog, bank, limitation, qualification, qualifier, reservation, stockpile, supply), резерват (preserve, refuge, reservation, sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary), резервен (duplicate, stand by), резервен играч, резервен фонд (rest), сдържаност (continence, moderation, modesty, restraint, reticence, temper), спестявам (put by, salt away, salt up, save), скътвам (lay up, put away, put by, salt away, salt up, sock away, treasure up), уговорка (arrangement, limitation, modification, provision, proviso, qualification, qualifier, reservation, salvo), отреждам (allot, assign, destine, intend). (various references) | |
Chinese | 預約 (reservation), 備用 (alternate, backup, spare), 储备 (reserves, stockpiling), 保留 (continue to have, hold back, maintain, reservations, retain, to preserve). (various references) | |
Czech | rezervovat (book), rezervovanost (reticence, standoff), rezerva (fund), zachovat (conserve, preserve), zásoba (bank, fund, hoard, stock, stockpile, store, supply), vyhradit si (stipulate), výhrada (proviso, qualification, reservation, saving clause), urèit (allocate, appoint, assign, define, design, designate, destine, determine, earmark, fix, identify, intend for, lay down, ordain, settle, state, will), ponechat (resign), objednat (call, commission, order, send an order). (various references) | |
Danish | reservere (bespeak). (various references) | |
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