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See also:réservation

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchreservation, equivalent toreserve +‎-ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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reservation (countable anduncountable,pluralreservations)

  1. The act ofreserving,withholding or keeping back.
    The committee authorised thereservation of funds.
    1. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of theEucharist for thecommunion of the sick.
    2. The act of thepope to reserve to himself the right tonominate to certainbenefices.
  2. Something that iswithheld or kept back.
  3. (often in theplural) Alimitingqualification regarding certainty; adoubt.
    I havereservations about your intentions.
    • 1992,Jonny Quest (video game review) inYour Sinclair (issue 75, page 16)
      Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only onereservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least.
  4. (US) Atract ofland set apart by theUSgovernment for the use of aNative Americanpeople; Indian reservation (compare Canadianreserve).
    Hyponym:Hopi Reservation
  5. Anarrangement by whichaccommodation ortransportarrangements aresecured inadvance.
    I have a hotelreservation in the name of Mr Smith.
    • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, inRail, page68:
      I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly,reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
  6. (UK) The area which separatesopposing lanes of traffic on adividedmotorway ordual carriageway; see alsocentral reservation.
    A vehicle crashed through the centralreservation into the path of oncoming traffic.
    • 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, inRAIL, number990, page34:
      A three-lane motorway can be up to (or even more than) 35 metres wide, with a hard shoulder on either side and a centralreservation.
  7. (India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
  8. (law, politics) A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.
    Coordinate term:disallowance

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act of withholding
something withheld
limiting qualification
tract of land
arrangement by which something is secured in advance
area separating two lanes of opposite-direction trafficseemedian strip
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Noun

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reservation f (pluralreservations)

  1. reservation(limiting qualification)

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