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reservation
[ rez-er-vey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- the act of making an exception or qualification.
- an exception or qualification made expressly or tacitly:
to accept something, but with inner reservations.
- a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe.
- an arrangement to secure accommodations at a restaurant or hotel, on a boat or plane, etc.
- the record kept or assurance given of such an arrangement:
Sorry, the hotel has no reservation under that name.
reservation
/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act or an instance of reserving
- something reserved, esp hotel accommodation, a seat on an aeroplane, in a theatre, etc
- often plural a stated or unstated qualification of opinion that prevents one's wholehearted acceptance of a proposal, claim, statement, etc
- an area of land set aside, esp (in the US) for American Indian peoples
- the strip of land between the two carriageways of a dual carriageway
- the act or process of keeping back, esp for oneself; withholding
- law a right or interest retained by the grantor in property granted, conveyed, leased, etc, to another
a reservation of rent
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzr··tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of reservation1
Example Sentences
Those reservations gained some traction earlier this month when soil testing by Los Angeles County in and around the burn areas found concerning levels of lead.
Besides, reservations are already sold out for Weekend 2.
While he spent time on the reservation visiting family, he grow up about 20 miles away in Glacier National Park.
People will want to digest this, see how it works in practice, but based on what has been said before by some relatives I think they will have their reservations.
To think that Mike White didn’t know who Lisa was and had reservations about casting her.
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