reservation

An arrangement to keep a room, seat, or table available for you at a particular time.

• We have a reservation for tonight.
• She canceled her hotel reservation.
• Did you make a reservation at the restaurant?

How to use it: reservation for someone/something (I made a reservation for four people.); reservation at somewhere (We have a reservation at the hotel.)

Similar words: booking

Common phrases: make a reservation, hotel reservation, reservation for two

A doubt or concern that makes you unsure whether you fully agree with or support something.

• I have some reservations about this plan.
• He expressed serious reservations about the cost.
• Would you recommend her without reservation?

How to use it: have reservations about something/doing something (I have reservations about lending him money.); without reservation (She supported the proposal without reservation.)

Similar words: doubt, misgiving, qualm

Common phrases: have a reservation, serious reservation, without reservation

Land set aside in the United States for a Native American people.

• She lives on a reservation.
• The reservation has its own local government.
• They visited a museum on the Hopi Reservation.

Similar words: reserve, res, rez, rezzy

Common phrases: tribal reservation, reservation land, on a reservation

The act of keeping something for a particular purpose or choosing not to give it away.

• The agreement allows reservation of certain rights.
• They approved the reservation of funds for repairs.
• Reservation of these rooms for staff use reduced the available space.

How to use it: reservation of something for something (The plan requires reservation of land for future schools.)

Similar words: withholding, setting aside

Common phrases: reservation of funds, reservation of rights, reservation of land

A strip of land or a barrier between the two sides of a main road.

• Grass grows on the central reservation.
• The car hit the central reservation.
• Workers repaired the barrier along the central reservation.

Similar words: median, divider

Common phrases: central reservation, cross the reservation

Something kept back rather than given, shared, or included with the rest.

• The retained field was a reservation from the grant.
• The document lists each reservation of property separately.
• His share of the income remained a reservation under the agreement.

Similar words: retained portion

Common phrases: a small reservation, reservation of property