reservation

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English

Etymology

From Middle French reservation, equivalent to reserve +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzɚˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)

1. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
   1. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
   2. The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
2. Something that is withheld or kept back.
4. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
   • 1992, Jonny Quest (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 75, page 16)

     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.

5. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).

   Hyponym: Hopi Reservation

6. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
7. (UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.
8. (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).
9. (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

Synonyms

• (advance arrangement): booking
• (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip
• (Indian reservation): reserve, res, rez

Derived terms

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

Further reading

• (law, politics): disallowance and reservation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• veratrosine

Middle French

Noun

reservation f (plural reservations)

1. reservation (limiting qualification)

Descendants

• English: reservation
• French: réservation
  • → Romanian: rezervație
  • → Turkish: rezervasyon