reservation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French reservation, equivalent to reserve +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations) The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick. The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices. Something that is withheld or kept back. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern. 1992, Jonny Quest (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 75, page 16) Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people, such as the Hopi Reservation or the Navajo Nation's territory. Synonyms: reserve (Canada); res, rez (clippings), rezzy An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance. (UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway. Synonyms: central reservation, median (US), median strip (US) Coordinate terms: safety island, traffic island (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). (law, politics) A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown. Coordinate term: disallowance ==== Synonyms ==== (advance arrangement): booking (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip (Indian reservation): reserve, res, rez ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== reserve ==== Descendants ==== → Ojibwe: ishkonigan (calque) (also of reserve) → Polish: rezerwacja ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== (law, politics): disallowance and reservation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === veratrosine == Middle French == === Noun === reservation f (plural reservations) reservation (limiting qualification) ==== Descendants ==== English: reservation French: réservation→ Romanian: rezervație→ Turkish: rezervasyon