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Reserve vs Laydown - What's the difference?

reserve | laydown |

As an adjective reserve

is reserved.

As a noun laydown is

(usually|uncountable) the act of laying something down.

reserve

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) Restriction.
  • # The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation; exception.
  • .
  • # Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
  • That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
  • # A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
  • #*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-25, author= Martin Lukacs
  • , volume=190, issue=20, page=13, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy , passage=If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.}}
  • # A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
  • # (label) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US (reservation).)
  • # (label) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
  • # (label) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
  • # Wine held back and aged before being sold.
  • (label) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.
  • # (label) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
  • # (label) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
  • Synonyms

    * reservation, res * (restraint of freedom in words or actions) self-restraint, reticence, taciturnity * substitute * (tract of land for Aboriginal peoples) rez

    Derived terms

    * Federal Reserve * Federal Reserve System * nature reserve * reserve bank * reserve price * wildlife reserve

    Verb

  • To keep back; to retain.
  • We reserve the right to make modifications.
  • To keep in store for future or special use.
  • This cake is reserved for the guests!
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.
  • To book in advance; to make a reservation.
  • I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
  • (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.
  • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    laydown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, uncountable) The act of laying something down
  • *{{quote-book, 1992, T.S. Shuler et al., Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders, chapter=Design and Construction of Asphalt Concrete Using Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders citation
  • , passage=However, significant smoke was observed during laydown of this mixture. }}
  • (publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, Susan Linnet Cox, Photo Styling citation
  • , passage=It was a week's worth of laydowns portraying the full line of athletic clothing for that season
  • (military) A pattern of deployment
  • *{{quote-book, 1984, Ashton B. Carter et al., Ballistic Missile Defense citation
  • , passage=The offense could contrive a variety of laydowns to intensify the defense's problems.}}
  • (bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract
  • *{{quote-news, 2008, December 26, Phillip Alder, Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying, The New York Times citation
  • , passage=North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown .}}
  • (fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish
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  • See also

    *(wikipedia "laydown")