Definitions for reserved

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reserved re·served

Spelling: [ri-zurvd]

IPA: /rɪˈzɜrvd/

Reserved is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in reserved (deeerrsv).

Definitions for reserved

noun

1. Finance. cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands. uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
2. something kept or stored for use or need; stock:
3. a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
4. a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose:
5. an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification:
6. Military. a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force. the part of a country's fighting force not in active service. reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
7. formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others:
8. reticence or silence.

Idioms

1. in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need; reserved:
2. without reserve, without restraint; frankly; freely. (of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, especially with no stipulated minimum price.

adjective

1. kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
2. kept by special arrangement for some person:
3. formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others:
4. characterized by reserve, as the disposition, manner, etc.:
5. retaining the original color of a surface, especially when decorating portions of the surface with other colors.
6. kept in reserve; forming a reserve:
7. of or relating to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows:

verb (used with object)

1. to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
2. to retain or secure by express stipulation.
3. to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.:
4. to keep for oneself.
5. to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
6. to save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to serve again.

Origin of reserved

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at reserve, -ed²

Examples for reserved

Were the reserved Brits ready for the razzmatazz and exposed flesh?

The reserved Englishwoman took up Mr Meagles in his last remark.

Ah, never had she known for what trials the infant had been reserved!

As he himself meekly intimates, she was reserved for another.

But he also reserved the right to keep certain vulnerabilities close-hold.

He was late at the breakfast and silent and reserved throughout that meal.

Cooking and taking care of the rooms – this is an industry that is reserved for women.

In the interview, Ponomarev reserved some of his harshest words for Katrina vanden Heuvel, the editor and publisher of The Nation.

This entrance was reserved for the judges, the competitors, and the heralds.

Some seventy-plus countries currently offer some paternity leave or parental leave days reserved for the father.