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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reserve \Re*serve"\, n.
   1. (Finance)
      (a) That part of the assets of a bank or other financial
          institution specially kept in cash in a more or less
          liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all
          demands which may be made upon it; specif.:
      (b) (Banking) Usually, the uninvested cash kept on hand
          for this purpose, called the {real reserve}. In Great
          Britain the ultimate real reserve is the gold kept on
          hand in the Bank of England, largely represented by
          the notes in hand in its own banking department; and
          any balance which a bank has with the Bank of England
          is a part of its reserve. In the United States the
          reserve of a national bank consists of the amount of
          lawful money it holds on hand against deposits, which
          is required by law to be not less than 15 per cent
          (--U. S. Rev. Stat. secs. 5191, 5192), three fifths of
          which the banks not in a reserve city (which see) may
          keep deposited as balances in national banks that are
          in reserve cities (--U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5192).
      (c) (Life Insurance) The amount of funds or assets
          necessary for a company to have at any given time to
          enable it, with interest and premiums paid as they
          shall accure, to meet all claims on the insurance then
          in force as they would mature according to the
          particular mortality table accepted. The reserve is
          always reckoned as a liability, and is calculated on
          net premiums. It is theoretically the difference
          between the present value of the total insurance and
          the present value of the future premiums on the
          insurance. The reserve, being an amount for which
          another company could, theoretically, afford to take
          over the insurance, is sometimes called the

   {reinsurance fund} or the

   {self-insurance fund}. For the first year upon any policy the
      net premium is called the

   {initial reserve}, and the balance left at the end of the
      year including interest is the

   {terminal reserve}. For subsequent years the initial reserve
      is the net premium, if any, plus the terminal reserve of
      the previous year. The portion of the reserve to be
      absorbed from the initial reserve in any year in payment
      of losses is sometimes called the

   {insurance reserve}, and the terminal reserve is then called
      the

   {investment reserve}.

   2. In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the
      recipient will get a prize if another should be
      disqualified.

   3. (Calico Printing) A resist.

   4. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix
      the limits of the deposit.

   5. See {Army organization}, above.

Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}.
   (z?rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reserving}.] [F. r['e]server, L.
   reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See
   {Serve}.]
   1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or
      disclose. ``I have reserved to myself nothing.'' --Shak.

   2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to
      withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to
      keep; to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35.

            Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I
            have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job
                                                  xxxviii.
                                                  22,23.

            Reserve your kind looks and language for private
            hours.                                --Swift.

   3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]

Reserve \Re*serve"\, n. [F. r['e]serve.]
   1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

            However any one may concur in the general scheme, it
            is still with certain reserves and deviations.
                                                  --Addison.

   2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

            The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried
            likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a
            continual supply.                     --Tillotson.

   3. That which is excepted; exception.

            Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a
            reserve.                              --Rogers.

   4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness;
      caution in personal behavior.

            My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left
            all reserve, and all the sex, behind. --Prior.

            The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked
            this scheme.                          --Hawthorne.

   5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular
      purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally
      set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy
      Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

   6. (Mil.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up
      for battle, reserved to support the other lines as
      occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for
      an exigency.

   7. (Banking) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

   {In reserve}, in keeping for other or future use; in store;
      as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has
      evidence or arguments in reserve.

   {Reserve air}. (Physiol.) Same as {Supplemental air}, under
      {Supplemental}.

   Syn: Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness;
        reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness;
        modesty.

資料來源 : WordNet®

reserve
     n 1: formality and propriety of manner [syn: {modesty}]
     2: something kept back or saved for future use or a special
        purpose [syn: {backlog}, {stockpile}]
     3: an athlete who plays only when another member of the team
        drops out [syn: {substitute}]
     4: (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to
        maintain vital functions
     5: a district that is reserved for particular purpose [syn: {reservation}]
     6: armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called
        in an emergency [syn: {military reserve}]
     7: the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering
        anything more than necessary [syn: {reticence}, {taciturnity}]

reserve
     adj 1: not engaged in military action [syn: {inactive}, {reserve(a)}]
     2: kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve
        supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" [syn: {reserve(a)},
         {spare}]

reserve
     v 1: hold back or set aside, especially for future use or
          contingency; "they held back their applause in
          anticipation"
     2: give or assign a share of money or time to a particular
        person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your
        research" [syn: {allow}, {appropriate}, {earmark}, {set
        aside}]
     3: obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to
        reserve a table at Maxim's"
     4: 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" [syn: {hold}, {book}]