reserve reticence taciturnity | the trait of being uncommunicative, not volunteering anything more than necessary |
modesty reserve | formality and propriety of manner |
reserve clause | a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration, the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club |
military reserve reserve | armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency |
Reserve Officers Training Corps ROTC | a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers |
Federal Reserve Board | the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System |
Federal Reserve System Federal Reserve Fed FRS | the central bank of the United States, incorporates Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and statehartered commercial banks and some trust companies, the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply |
Federal Reserve Bank reserve bank | one of regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region |
territorial territorial reserve | a territorial military unit |
National Guard home reserve | United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government, subject to call by either |
reservation reserve | a district that is reserved for particular purpose |
substitute reserve second-stringer | an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced |
reserve assets | capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands |
reserve backlog stockpile | something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose |
hidden reserve | reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values) |
cookie jar reserve | a hidden reserve that can be used to adjust quarterly earning reports |
reserve account reserve fund | funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments |
valuation reserve valuation account allowance allowance account | a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets |
bill note government note bank bill banker's bill bank note banknote Federal Reserve note greenback | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank), he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes |
reserve | (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions |
pulmonary reserve | the additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress |
allow appropriate earmark set aside reserve | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause, I will earmark this money for your research, She sets aside time for meditation every day |
reserve | obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance, We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's |
reserve | hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency, they held back their applause in anticipation |
reserve hold book | arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance, reserve me a seat on a flight, The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family, please hold a table at Maxim's |