reserve

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  reserve    re-serve  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reserve/rɪˈzɜːv/

▶verb

• 1 retain for future use.

• 2 arrange for (a seat, ticket, etc.) to be kept for the use of a particular person.

• 3 retain or hold (a right or entitlement).

• 4 refrain from delivering (a judgement or decision) without due consideration or evidence.

▶noun

• 1 (often reserves) a reserved supply of a commodity.

  ■ funds kept available by a bank, company, or government.

  ■ a part of a company's profits added to capital rather than paid as a dividend.

• 2 a body of troops withheld from action to reinforce or protect others, or additional to the regular forces and available in an emergency.

• 3 an extra player in a team, serving as a possible substitute.

  ■ (the reserves) the second-choice team.

• 4 a reservation for a native people.

• 5 a protected area for wildlife.

• 6 a lack of warmth or openness.

• 7 qualification or doubt attached to a statement or claim.

• 8 (in ceramics or textiles) an area in which the original material or background colour remains visible.

– derivatives
reservable adjective,
reserver noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. reserver, from L. reservare ‘keep back’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
re-serve/riːˈsəːv/

▶verb serve again.