reserve : Idioms & Phrases


  • noun a hidden reserve that can be used to adjust quarterly earning reports
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federal reserve

  • noun the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
    FRS; Federal Reserve; Fed.
    • the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply
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federal reserve bank

  • noun one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
    Federal Reserve Bank.
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federal reserve board

  • noun the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System
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federal reserve note

  • noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
    bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; government note; bank note; greenback.
    • he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes
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federal reserve system

  • noun the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
    FRS; Federal Reserve; Fed.
    • the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply
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hidden reserve

  • noun reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values)
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home reserve

  • noun United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
    National Guard.
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In reserve

  • in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve.
Webster 1913

military reserve

  • noun armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
    reserve.
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pulmonary reserve

  • noun the additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress
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reserve account

  • noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
    reserve account.
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Reserve air

  • . (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under Supplemental.
Webster 1913

reserve assets

  • noun capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands
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reserve bank

  • noun one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
    Federal Reserve Bank.
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reserve clause

  • noun a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration
    • the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club
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reserve fund

  • noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
    reserve account.
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reserve officers training corps

  • noun a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
    ROTC.
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territorial reserve

  • noun a territorial military unit
    territorial.
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valuation reserve

  • noun a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
    allowance account; valuation account; allowance.
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