reserve

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   obtain or arrange in advance

   We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's.

2. 2
   verb

   arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

   reserve me a seat on a flight

3. 3
   noun

   A restriction.

   The book is on reserve.

4. 4
   noun

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

   The tone was set at Trump’s Inauguration. Tech moguls streamed into Washington; some sat behind the President during his Inaugural Address, a signal of the power they would wield. Over the next 11 months, they would use their enormous cash reserves, cultural power, and momentum to push their products into homes across the world.

5. 5
   verb

   To keep back; to retain.

   We reserve the right to make modifications.

6. 6
   verb

   To keep in store for future or special use.

   This cake is reserved for the guests!

7. 7
   verb

   To book in advance; to make a reservation for.

   I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.

8. 8
   noun

   the trait of being uncommunicative

Etymology

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).