reservation
See also: réservation
English
Etymology
From Middle French reservation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛzɚˈveɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)
- The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
- Something that is withheld or kept back.
- (often in the plural) A limiting qualification; a doubt.
- I have reservations about your intentions.
- (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
- An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
- (Britain) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.
- (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).
Synonyms
- (advance arrangement): booking
- (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip
Related terms
Translations
act of withholding
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something withheld
limiting qualification
tract of land
arrangement by which something is secured in advance
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area that separates opposing traffic lanes
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Middle French
Descendants
- English: reservation
- French: réservation
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