reservation

noun

1. 1

   The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

   The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

2. 2

   The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.

3. 3

   The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back. The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.

4. 4

   Something that is withheld or kept back.

5. 5

   A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern.

   I have reservations about your intentions.

   I have some reservations about cosigning a loan for him.

   Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least.

6. 6

   A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people, such as the Hopi Reservation or the Navajo Nation's territory.

7. 7

   An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.

   I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.

   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.

8. 8

   The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway.

   A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

   A three-lane motorway can be up to (or even more than) 35 metres wide, with a hard shoulder on either side and a central reservation.

9. 9

   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).

10. 10

    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.

Forms

plural

reservations