1. The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
   "wondered who had made the reservation";
   - booking
    
2. The act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
   "Their reservation of funds for emergencies proved wise when unexpected expenses arose"
    
3. Something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
   "They made a reservation at the popular restaurant weeks in advance"
    
4. The written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
   "He made a reservation at the hotel for next week"; "The restaurant was fully booked, but they had a reservation"
    
5. A district that is reserved for particular purpose
   "The wildlife reservation protected endangered species";
   - reserve
    
6. A statement that limits or restricts some claim
   "he recommended her without any reservations";
   - qualification, caveat
    
7. An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
   "He agreed to the plan, but with a mental reservation about its feasibility";
   - mental reservation, arrière pensée
    
8. An area of land set aside by the government for Native American tribes
   "He grew up on the Cherokee reservation"

Derived forms: reservations

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, agreement, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, employment, engagement, incertitude, prearrangement, preservation, saving, statement, territorial division, uncertainty, understanding

Encyclopedia: Reservation