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Reservation vs Nonreservation - What's the difference?

reservation | nonreservation |

As a noun reservation

is reservation.

As an adjective nonreservation is

not a reservation, or not part of a reservation.

reservation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
  • Something that is withheld or kept back.
  • A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).
  • I have reservations about your intentions.
  • (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (reserve)).
  • 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.
  • (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).
  • Synonyms

    * booking (5) * median (6) * median strip (6)

    Abbreviations

    * res, rez (Indian reservation)

    nonreservation

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not a reservation, or not part of a reservation
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 5, author=Anahad O’Connor, title=Interior Secretary Rejects Catskill Casino Plans, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Mr. Kempthorne, who has long opposed Indian casinos on nonreservation land, said in his letters that the casinos would be too far away to offer jobs to tribal residents and that forcing residents to relocate would hurt the reservations. }}