ALL meanings of in reserve
in re·serve
I i - adverb in reserve in storage, stored up 1
- verb with object in reserve to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc. 1
- verb with object in reserve to retain or secure by express stipulation. 1
- verb with object in reserve to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: ground reserved for gardening. 1
- verb with object in reserve to keep for oneself. 1
- verb with object in reserve to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece. 1
- verb with object in reserve 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. 1
- noun in reserve 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. 1
- noun in reserve something kept or stored for use or need; stock: a reserve of food. 1
- noun in reserve a resource not normally called upon but available if needed. 1
- noun in reserve a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose: a forest reserve. 1
- noun in reserve an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification: I will do what you ask, but with one reserve. 1
- noun in reserve 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. 1
- noun in reserve formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others: to conduct oneself with reserve. 1
- noun in reserve reticence or silence. 1
- adjective in reserve kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply. 1
- adjective in reserve of or relating to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows: the reserve champion steer. 1
- idioms in reserve in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need; reserved: money in reserve. 1
- idioms in reserve without reserve, without restraint; frankly; freely. (of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, especially with no stipulated minimum price. 1
- phrase in reserve If you have something in reserve, you have it available for use when it is needed. 0
- noun in reserve reserved for later use or for some person 0