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Reservation   /rˌɛzərvˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Reservation

noun
1.
A district that is reserved for particular purpose.  Synonym: reserve.
2.
A statement that limits or restricts some claim.  Synonym: qualification.
3.
An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly.  Synonyms: arriere pensee, mental reservation.
4.
The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group).  Synonym: booking.
5.
The written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance.
6.
Something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.).
7.
The act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion.



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"Reservation" Quotes from Famous Books



... intended to paint the picture that will remain longest in your memory—the dim candle-light in the white-washed chapel at the Indian Reservation at Pala, during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament—the young Indian Madonna, with her naked baby lying in her lap, ...
— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne
... he ruefully. And then, without a single reservation, he laid bare the story of Sprouse's defection. When he inquired if she had heard of the man known as Chester Naismith, she confirmed his worst fears by describing him as the guard who watched beneath her window. He was known to ...
— Green Fancy • George Barr McCutcheon
... had a berth reserved for Buffalo; at least the way I heard it, it was Buffalo, though I guess, as a matter of fact, you might tell it on any other town just as well—or no, I guess he didn't have his berth reserved, he got on the train and asked the porter for a reservation for Buffalo—or, anyway, that part doesn't matter—say that he had a berth for Buffalo or any other place, and the porter came through and said, 'Do you want an early call?'—or no, he went to the porter—that was ...
— My Discovery of England • Stephen Leacock
... as to the title of a reservation heretofore sanctioned and not now ceded, and so far as the United States are concerned does not vary the aspect of the present compact. There are reserved to the chief Richardville seven sections of land, and to him and the family of the deceased chief Godfrey ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 3: Martin Van Buren • James D. Richardson
... that your first love was a West Point cadet, who proposed to you on your sixteenth birthday in "Flirtation Walk." Lucky you! But this was my first glimpse of the place as we drove through gates from Highland Falls into the Government Reservation. We meant to arrive, shed the dust at our hotel, and then saunter forth for dress parade, but instead of that we had to see the great sight of the day sitting in our motors. The poor Hippopotamus did look antediluvian among all the smart ...
— The Lightning Conductor Discovers America • C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel)


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