Reservation
noun
A booking for a service, such as a hotel room or a table in a restaurant.
I made a reservation for two at our favorite restaurant.
Often appears as...
- make a reservation
- cancel a reservation
noun
A feeling of doubt or not fully agreeing with something.
I have my reservations about the plan.
Often appears as...
- have reservations
- express reservations
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Colloquial
noun
An area of land set aside for a specific purpose, such as for the Indigenous people of the United States.
The Sioux tribe lives on a reservation in South Dakota.
Often appears as...
- indigenous reservation
- make a reservation
noun
A term in contract law where a party may plan or save something for a future use.
The contract contains a reservation of rights clause.
Often appears as...
- reservation of rights
- terms and reservations
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Formal
Technical
noun
A booking for a service, such as a hotel room or a table in a restaurant.
I made a reservation for two at our favorite restaurant.
Often appears as...
- make a reservation
- cancel a reservation
noun
A feeling of doubt or not fully agreeing with something.
I have my reservations about the plan.
Often appears as...
- have reservations
- express reservations
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
An area of land set aside for a specific purpose, such as for the Indigenous people of the United States.
The Sioux tribe lives on a reservation in South Dakota.
Often appears as...
- indigenous reservation
- make a reservation
noun
A term in contract law where a party may plan or save something for a future use.
The contract contains a reservation of rights clause.
Often appears as...
- reservation of rights
- terms and reservations
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Planning Ahead
Used to secure a spot in advance, ensuring access to a service when it's needed.
Let's make a reservation at the hotel before they are fully booked.
Pro Tip 2/3Polite Requests
Politely ask to reserve something rather than demanding it, to show good manners.
Could I please have a reservation for a window seat on the flight?
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Details
Be clear about the details when making a reservation, like date, time, and preferences.
I'd like to make a reservation for two people at 7 PM this Friday.
Pro Tip 1/3Planning Ahead
Used to secure a spot in advance, ensuring access to a service when it's needed.
Let's make a reservation at the hotel before they are fully booked.
Pro Tip 2/3Polite Requests
Politely ask to reserve something rather than demanding it, to show good manners.
Could I please have a reservation for a window seat on the flight?
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Details
Be clear about the details when making a reservation, like date, time, and preferences.
I'd like to make a reservation for two people at 7 PM this Friday.
Pro Tip 1/3Planning Ahead
Used to secure a spot in advance, ensuring access to a service when it's needed.
Let's make a reservation at the hotel before they are fully booked.
Pro Tip 2/3Polite Requests
Politely ask to reserve something rather than demanding it, to show good manners.
Could I please have a reservation for a window seat on the flight?
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Details
Be clear about the details when making a reservation, like date, time, and preferences.
I'd like to make a reservation for two people at 7 PM this Friday.
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Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
So it's such a crazy amount of change to see in one single lifetime, right? And during this time period, people are getting pushed around. At the beginning of that century, over 80 percent of that landmass was under Indigenous control. And by the end of the century less than two percent, only because of the reservation systems. And this is all just part of the story
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
A quick bonus taboo for you, that we should not be working together, especially with three children -- and we are. And we had reservations about this on the front end. Everybody knows, you should absolutely not work with your spouse. In fact, when we first went out to raise money to start Babble,
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Encoding culture PIPE...
traditionally lived close to the sea they were a seafaring people they were agrarian people but because of the establishment of missions and the reservation system these people were fragmented into the mountains dislocated from their traditions and their histories and from one another and this
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Continuing the Fight for...
where it said that the native vote was five more times powerful than off reservations because we are we are not able to vote and as as easy easily and conveniently as people off the reservation and so it's it's something that we are um we are educating our people with that
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Aaron Huey: America's...
with every passing generation. Most of the surplus land and many of the plots within reservation boundaries are now in the hands of white ranchers. Once again, the fat of the land goes to wasichu. A date I believe to be the most important in this slide show.
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Why do airlines sell too...
Have you ever sat in a doctor's office for hours despite having an appointment at a specific time? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it's full? Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking,
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She Fears Her Tribe's...
the tribe and the nation the reservation was a concentration camp it was a place to imprison the Native Society away from their ways of thinking from their way of living from the way that they centered themselves in their own world so how do
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A creative solution for...
nearly free of charge. The company also extracts millions of liters of water from First Nation reservations, while they have no access to clean water at all. This is a fundraiser print that I used to raise money
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The last chief of the...
As hunter-gatherers, they could not transition easily to an agricultural way of life on the reservation. The U.S. government had promised rations and supplies, but what they provided was wildly insufficient.
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Taking Landscape Photos...
of the navajo nation i am a medical doctor on the reservation there's a lot of things that bring me joy in life number one is my family the passion i have for my work as a doctor
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
So it's such a crazy amount of change to see in one single lifetime, right? And during this time period, people are getting pushed around. At the beginning of that century, over 80 percent of that landmass was under Indigenous control. And by the end of the century less than two percent, only because of the reservation systems. And this is all just part of the story
Video examples
Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
A quick bonus taboo for you, that we should not be working together, especially with three children -- and we are. And we had reservations about this on the front end. Everybody knows, you should absolutely not work with your spouse. In fact, when we first went out to raise money to start Babble,
Video examples
Encoding culture PIPE...
traditionally lived close to the sea they were a seafaring people they were agrarian people but because of the establishment of missions and the reservation system these people were fragmented into the mountains dislocated from their traditions and their histories and from one another and this
Video examples
Continuing the Fight for...
where it said that the native vote was five more times powerful than off reservations because we are we are not able to vote and as as easy easily and conveniently as people off the reservation and so it's it's something that we are um we are educating our people with that
Video examples
Aaron Huey: America's...
with every passing generation. Most of the surplus land and many of the plots within reservation boundaries are now in the hands of white ranchers. Once again, the fat of the land goes to wasichu. A date I believe to be the most important in this slide show.
Video examples
Why do airlines sell too...
Have you ever sat in a doctor's office for hours despite having an appointment at a specific time? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it's full? Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking,
Video examples
She Fears Her Tribe's...
the tribe and the nation the reservation was a concentration camp it was a place to imprison the Native Society away from their ways of thinking from their way of living from the way that they centered themselves in their own world so how do
Video examples
A creative solution for...
nearly free of charge. The company also extracts millions of liters of water from First Nation reservations, while they have no access to clean water at all. This is a fundraiser print that I used to raise money
Video examples
The last chief of the...
As hunter-gatherers, they could not transition easily to an agricultural way of life on the reservation. The U.S. government had promised rations and supplies, but what they provided was wildly insufficient.
Video examples
Taking Landscape Photos...
of the navajo nation i am a medical doctor on the reservation there's a lot of things that bring me joy in life number one is my family the passion i have for my work as a doctor
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Quote examples
Benjamin Wittes
American Journalist
For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.
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Britt Baker
American Wrestler
I'm absolutely scared and I absolutely have reservations, but sometimes you need to find that deep down in you to bring out the best performance of yourself, to bring out the best version of yourself, but yep I'm nervous and I'm scared.
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Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.
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Andrew Jackson
American President
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
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N. Scott Momaday
American Author
I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservations and being exposed to several different cultures and languages.
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Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
I mean, it's nice to get a dinner reservation ahead of other people, but when it comes down to it, the most important thing to me is the actual work.
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Paul Rodgers
English Musician
I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out there.
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Robbie Robertson
Canadian Musician
My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected.
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Colin Baker
British Actor
I never have reservations about doing anything as long as I'm being paid.
Quote examples
Benjamin Wittes
American Journalist
For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.
Quote examples
Britt Baker
American Wrestler
I'm absolutely scared and I absolutely have reservations, but sometimes you need to find that deep down in you to bring out the best performance of yourself, to bring out the best version of yourself, but yep I'm nervous and I'm scared.
Quote examples
Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.
Quote examples
Andrew Jackson
American President
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
Quote examples
N. Scott Momaday
American Author
I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservations and being exposed to several different cultures and languages.
Quote examples
Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
I mean, it's nice to get a dinner reservation ahead of other people, but when it comes down to it, the most important thing to me is the actual work.
Quote examples
Paul Rodgers
English Musician
I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out there.
Quote examples
Robbie Robertson
Canadian Musician
My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
As a teenager, I worked on Indian reservations, and it was such an incredible culture: the elders are so respected.
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Colin Baker
British Actor
I never have reservations about doing anything as long as I'm being paid.
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