Reserve vs Laydown - What's the difference?
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(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.
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, volume=190, issue=20, page=13, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= # 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.
To keep back; to retain.
To keep in store for future or special use.
* Jonathan Swift
To book in advance; to make a reservation.
(obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.
(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
, 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
, 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
, 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
, 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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As an adjective reserve
is reserved.As a noun laydown is
(usually|uncountable) the act of laying something down.reserve
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Martin Lukacs
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.}}
Synonyms
* reservation, res * (restraint of freedom in words or actions) self-restraint, reticence, taciturnity * substitute * (tract of land for Aboriginal peoples) rezDerived terms
* Federal Reserve * Federal Reserve System * nature reserve * reserve bank * reserve price * wildlife reserveVerb
- We reserve the right to make modifications.
- This cake is reserved for the guests!
- Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.
- I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
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