Economic

• Official gold reserves
  Official gold reserves
  A gold reserve is the gold held by a central bank or nation intended as a store of value and as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders , or trading peers, or to secure a currency....
  
  , held by central banks as a store of value
• Foreign exchange reserves
  Foreign exchange reserves
  Foreign-exchange reserves in a strict sense are 'only' the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities. However, the term in popular usage commonly includes foreign exchange and gold, Special Drawing Rights and International Monetary Fund reserve positions...
  
  , the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities
  • Reserve currency
    Reserve currency
    A reserve currency, or anchor currency, is a currency that is held in significant quantities by many governments and institutions as part of their foreign exchange reserves...
    
    , a currency which is held in significant quantities as part of foreign exchange reserves
• Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is an emergency fuel storage of oil maintained by the United States Department of Energy.- United States :The US SPR is the largest emergency supply in the world with the current capacity to hold up to ....
  
  , an emergency petroleum store maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy
• Fractional-reserve banking
  Fractional-reserve banking
  Fractional-reserve banking is a form of banking where banks maintain reserves that are only a fraction of the customer's deposits. Funds deposited into a bank are mostly lent out, and a bank keeps only a fraction of the quantity of deposits as reserves...
  
  
• Bank reserves
  Bank reserves
  Bank reserves are banks' holdings of deposits in accounts with their central bank , plus currency that is physically held in the bank's vault . The central banks of some nations set minimum reserve requirements...
  
  , holdings of deposits in central banks plus currency that is physically held in bank vaults
• Reserve (accounting)
  Reserve (Accounting)
  In financial accounting, the term reserve is most commonly used to describe any part of shareholders' equity, except for basic share capital. Sometimes, the term is used instead of the term provision; such a use, however, is inconsistent with the terminology suggested by International Accounting...
  
  , any part of shareholders' equity, except for basic share capital
• Reserve (project management), an element of the total project budget provided for realized project changes
• Mineral reserves, natural resources that are economically recoverable, e.g. Oil reserves
  Oil reserves
  The total estimated amount of oil in an oil reservoir, including both producible and non-producible oil, is called oil in place. However, because of reservoir characteristics and limitations in petroleum extraction technologies, only a fraction of this oil can be brought to the surface, and it is...
  
  
• Actuarial reserves
  Actuarial reserves
  An actuarial reserve is a liability equal to the net present value of the future expected cash flows of a contingent event. In the insurance context an actuarial reserve is the present value of the future cash flows of an insurance policy and the total liability of the insurer is the sum of the...
  
  , a liability equal to the present value of the future expected cash flows of a contingent event
• Reserve Primary Fund
  Reserve Primary Fund
  The Reserve Primary Fund was a large money market mutual fund.On September 16, 2008, during the Global financial crisis of September-October, 2008, it lowered its share price below $1 because of exposure to Lehman Brothers debt securities. This resulted in demands from investors to return their...
  
  , a money market fund which "broke the buck"
• Auction Reserve, a minimum amount of money bid required for a sale in an English auction
  English auction
  An English auction is a type of auction, whose most typical form is the "open outcry" auction. The auctioneer opens the auction by announcing a Suggested Opening Bid, a starting price or reserve for the item on sale and then accepts increasingly higher bids from the floor consisting of buyers with...
  
  

Military

• Military reserve
  Military reserve
  A military reserve, tactical reserve, or strategic reserve is a group of military personnel or units which are initially not committed to a battle by their commander so that they are available to address unforeseen situations or exploit suddenly developing...
  
  , military units not initially committed to battle
• Military reserve force
  Military reserve force
  A military reserve force is a military organization composed of citizens of a country who combine a military role or career with a civilian career. They are not normally kept under arms and their main role is to be available to fight when a nation mobilizes for total war or to defend against invasion...
  
  s, are units formed of military personnel making a long term commitment to train part-time and maintain military skills, typically sacrificing one weekend in four to serve as civilian soldiers who are available to fight when a nation mobilizes for war. Most reserve personnel have served with their regular forces before entering civilian life, and may in addition to their weekend training commitment, serve a longer annual training deployment between two weeks and a month in length.
• Reserve components of the United States armed forces
  Reserve components of the United States armed forces
  The reserve components of the United States armed forces are military organizations whose members, generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per year and who augment the active duty military when necessary. The reserve components are also referred to collectively as the Guard and...
  
  , "the Guard and Reserves"
• Canadian Forces Primary Reserve
  Canadian Forces Primary Reserve
  The Primary Reserve is a reserve force of the Canadian Forces. It is the largest of the four sub-components of the CF reserves; those being the Primary Reserve, the Supplementary Reserve, the Canadian Rangers, and the Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service .The reserve force is...
  
  , the "Canadian Forces" Reserve Forces
• War Reserve Stock
  War Reserve Stock
  A War Reserve Stock is a collection of warfighting material held in reserve in pre-positioned storage to be used if needed in wartime. They may be located strategically depending on where it is believed they will be needed. In addition to military equipment, a war reserve stock may include raw...
  
  , a collection of warfighting material held in reserve in pre-positioned storage to be used if needed in wartime
• Regular Army Reserve of Officers, British Army officers holding regular commissions who are in receipt of retired pay and are held on the strength of the Regular Army until they reach the age of fifty five. RARO officers retain their rank and commissions and are liable for recall to active duty as required by the Ministry of Defence.

Land Management

• Game reserve
  Game reserve
  A game reserve is an area of land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting purposes. Many game reserves are located in Africa. Most are open to the public, and tourists commonly take sightseeing safaris or hunt wild game....
  
  , land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting
• Indian reserve
  Indian reserve
  In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
  
  , in Canada, a tract of land reserved for the use and benefit of a band
  • Indian reservation
    Indian reservation
    An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs...
    
    , an equivalent concept in the United States
• Nature reserve
  Nature reserve
  A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
  
  , a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest

Sports

• Reserve clause
  Reserve clause
  The reserve clause is a term formerly employed in North American professional sports contracts. The reserve clause, contained in all standard player contracts, stated that, upon the contract's expiration the rights to the player were to be retained by the team to which he had been signed...
  
  , in North American professional sports contracts
• Reserve team
  Reserve team
  Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
  
  , the second team fielded by a sports club, often football-soccer

Placenames

• Reserve, Kansas
  Reserve, Kansas
  Reserve is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Reserve is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• Reserve, Louisiana
  Reserve, Louisiana
  Reserve is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 9,111 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Reserve, Montana
  Reserve, Montana
  Reserve is a census-designated place in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 23 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Reserve is located at ....
  
  
• Reserve, New Mexico
  Reserve, New Mexico
  Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Catron County. Currently the village has several stores, a bar, and a health clinic...
  
  
• Reserve, Wisconsin
  Reserve, Wisconsin
  Reserve is a census-designated place in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 429 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Reserve is located at ....
  
  

Other

• Reserve wine
  Reserve wine
  Reserve wine is a term given to a specific wine to imply that is of a higher quality than usual, or a wine that has been aged before being sold, or both. Traditionally winemakers would "reserve" some of their best wine rather than sell it immediately, coining the term.In some countries the use of...
  
  , a wine that specially designated
• Course reserve
  Course reserve
  Course reserve is a term used in academic libraries to describe materials set aside for a specific academic course or other use. Most often materials are put on course reserve by library staff at the request of the course's instructor...
  
  , library materials reserved for particular users
• Dynamic reserve
  Dynamic reserve
  Reserve in the context of the Dynamic Energy Budget theory means the set of metabolites that the organism can use for metabolic purposes. These compounds can have active metabolic functions, however. They are not just "set apart for later use". Reserve differs from structure in the first place by...
  
  , the set of metabolites that the organism can use for metabolic purposes
• Fuel reserve
  Fuel reserve
  In motorcycles and cars, fuel reserve is the extra fuel reserved by the manufacturer in the fuel tank of a car or motorcycle before the main fuel capacity runs out....
  
  , an extra fuel tank, or extra fuel in the main fuel tank
• Recreation reserve, a park
  Park
  A park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas. Many parks are legally protected by...
  
   with sporting or other recreational facilities
• Reserve stockpile
  Stockpile
  A stockpile is a pile or storage location for bulk materials, forming part of the bulk material handling process.Stockpiles are used in many different areas, such as in a port, refinery or manufacturing facility. The stockpile is normally created by a stacker. A reclaimer is used to recover the...
  
  , bulk materials reserved for future use
• Reserved decision
  Reserved decision
  Reserved decision is a legal term. After the hearing of a trial or the argument of a motion a judge may not immediately deliver a decision, but instead take time to review evidence and the law and deliver a decision at a later time, usually in a written form....
  
  , where a judge takes time to review evidence and the law and delivers a decision at a later time

See also

• Reservation (disambiguation)
• Preserve (disambiguation)
  Preserve (disambiguation)
  The word preserve may refer to:* Fruit preserves, a type of sweet spread or condiment* to protect* Nature reserve, an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or other special interest, usually protected...
  
  
• Reservoir (disambiguation)
  Reservoir (disambiguation)
  A reservoir is an artificial lake.Reservoir may also refer to:* Reservoir, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia* Reservoir, California, a former settlement in California, United States* Reservoir , by Fanfarlo...