1 the act or an instance of reserving or being reserved.
2 a booking (of a room, berth, seat, etc.).
3 the thing booked, e.g. a room in a hotel.
4 an express or tacit limitation or exception to an agreement etc. (had reservations about the plan).
5 Brit. a strip of land between the carriageways of a road.
6 an area of land reserved for occupation by American Indians, African Blacks, or Australian Aboriginals, etc.
7 a a right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed. b the clause reserving this.
8 Eccl. a the practice of retaining for some purpose a portion of the Eucharistic elements (esp. the bread) after celebration. b RC Ch. the power of absolution reserved to a superior. c RC Ch. the right reserved to the Pope of nomination to a vacant benefice.
Etymology: ME f. OF reservation or LL reservatio (as RESERVE)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.