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  • 1Reserve — Re*serve , n. [F. r[ e]serve.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. [1913 Webster] However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is… …

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  • 2reserve — [ri zʉrv′] vt. reserved, reserving [ME reserven < OFr reserver < L reservare < re , back + servare: see OBSERVE] 1. to keep back, store up, or set apart for later use or for some special purpose 2. to hold over to a later time 3. to set… …

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  • 3cash — n 1: ready money 2: money or its equivalent (as a check) paid for goods or services at the time of purchase or delivery cash against documents: a sight draft in exchange for a bill of lading agree that the buyer will pay cash against documents… …

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  • 4Reserve — (sometimes Reserves) may refer to:* Course reserve, library materials reserved for particular users * Dynamic reserve, the set of metabolites that the organism can use for metabolic purposes * Reserve clause, in North American professional sports …

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  • 5reserve — re·serve 1 vt re·served, re·serv·ing: to keep back or set apart: as a: to keep (a right, power, or interest) esp. by express declaration all rights reserved compare waive b: to defer a determination of (a question of law) …

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  • 6cash reserve ratio — UK US noun [C] ► BANKING a RESERVE RATIO(Cf. ↑reserve ratio) …

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  • 7Reserve air — Reserve city Reserve city (Banking) In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required ( U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per… …

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  • 8Reserve city — (Banking) In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required ( U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per cent) required of all… …

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  • 9cash surrender value — cash sur·ren·der value n: the amount of money an insurer will pay the insured upon surrender of a life insurance policy usu. calculated as the reserve held by the insurer against the policy less a charge for surrender and any outstanding… …

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  • 10cash — [n] money; assets banknote, bread*, buck*, bullion, cabbage*, chicken feed*, coin, coinage, currency, dinero*, dough*, funds, green stuff*, investment, legal tender, lot, mazumah*, note, payment, pledge, principal, ready assets, refund,… …

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