| capacity | a specified function, he was employed in the capacity of director, he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary |
| capacity | the maximum production possible, the plant is working atper cent capacity |
reserve
reticence
taciturnity | the trait of being uncommunicative, not volunteering anything more than necessary |
| modesty reserve | formality and propriety of manner |
| capacity | tolerance for alcohol, he had drunk beyond his capacity |
| seating capacity | the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. |
| capacity | capability to perform or produce, among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism, limited runway capacity, a great capacity for growth |
brain
brainpower
learning ability
mental capacity
mentality
wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
capacity
mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
| 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 |
capacitance
electrical capacity
capacity | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored |
| 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 |
volume unit
capacity unit
capacity measure
cubage unit
cubic measure
cubic content unit
displacement unit
cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
British capacity unit
Imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System, British units are both dry and wet |
| metric capacity unit | a capacity unit defined in metric terms |
| field capacity | the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold |
| capacity | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive, the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes |
| formatted capacity | (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive, the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk |
| unformatted capacity | (computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it |
| 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 |
capacity
content | the amount that can be contained, the gas tank has a capacity of gallons |
| vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer), used to determine the condition of lung tissue |
capability
capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment, the capability of a metal to be fused |
| channel capacity | the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel |
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 |