hidden reserve (noun)
1hidden reserve — noun reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values) • Hypernyms: ↑reserve account, ↑reserve fund • Hyponyms: ↑cookie jar reserve * * * noun : secret reserve …
2reserve account — noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments • Syn: ↑reserve fund • Hypernyms: ↑reserve, ↑backlog, ↑stockpile • Hyponyms: ↑hidden reserve, ↑pool, ↑ …
3reserve fund — noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments • Syn: ↑reserve account • Hypernyms: ↑reserve, ↑backlog, ↑stockpile • Hyponyms: ↑hidden reserve, ↑pool, ↑ …
4reserve — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 supply of sth available to be used in the future ADJECTIVE ▪ great, huge, large, substantial, vast ▪ adequate, sufficient ▪ …
5cookie jar reserve — noun a hidden reserve that can be used to adjust quarterly earning reports • Hypernyms: ↑hidden reserve …
6reserve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. restriction, qualification; restraint, caution, reticence, dignity; store, stock. See silence, modesty, economy, taciturnity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A portion kept against emergencies] Syn. savings,… …
7secret reserve — noun : an amount by which stated net worth is reduced by understatement of asset values or overstatement of liabilities called also hidden reserve …
8cache — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hiding place, stash; [memory] buffer. See concealment, computers. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hoard, supplies, hidden reserve, stockpile; see reserve 1 , treasure , wealth 2 . v. Syn. conceal, store, lay… …
9reserves — Part of shareholders funds on a company s balance sheet. All parts of shareholders funds apart from share capital are reserves, such as the share premium account, the profit and loss account and the revaluation reserve. Dresdner Kleinwort… …
10Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
