Reserve or reserves may refer to:

Places

Reserve, Kansas Reserve is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 67. It is located approximately 1.5 miles south of the Nebraska-Kansas border. History A post office was opened in Reserve in 188 ...

, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish *

Reserve, Montana Reserve is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sheridan County, Montana, Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 23 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The town of Wakea was platted in 1911. The name was changed in 19 ...

, a census-designated place in Sheridan County *

Reserve, New Mexico Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 289 as of the 2010 census, down from 387 in 2000. It is the county seat of Catron County. Currently the village has two grocery stores, a hardware store, a bar, ...

, a US village * Reserve, Wisconsin, a census-designated place in the town of Couderay *

Reserve Mines Reserve Mines (2009 pop.: 2,402) is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. It is located immediately west of Glace Bay and 10 kilometres northeast of Sydney. The J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is located in the wes ...

, a community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada

Auctions

* Auction reserve, a minimum amount of money bid required for a sale, e.g., in an English auction * No-reserve auction (NR), also known as an absolute auction, an auction in which the item for sale will be sold regardless of price

Economics and finance

Reserve (accounting) In financial accounting, reserve always has a credit balance and can refer to a part of shareholders' equity, a liability for estimated claims, or contra-asset for uncollectible accounts. A reserve can appear in any part of shareholders' equity e ...

, any part of shareholders' equity, except for basic share capital * Actuarial reserves, a liability equal to the present value of the future expected cash flows of a contingent event *

Bank reserves Bank reserves are a commercial bank's cash holdings physically held by the bank, and deposits held in the bank's account with the central bank. Under the fractional-reserve banking system used in most countries, central banks typically set mini ...

, holdings of deposits in central banks plus currency that is physically held in bank vaults *

Foreign-exchange reserves Foreign exchange reserves (also called forex reserves or FX reserves) are cash and other reserve assets such as gold held by a central bank or other monetary authority that are primarily available to balance payments of the country, influence ...

, the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities **

Reserve currency A reserve currency (or anchor currency) is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign exchange reserves. The reserve currency can be used in international tr ...

, a currency which is held in significant quantities as part of foreign exchange reserves * Mineral reserve, natural resources that are economically recoverable *

Official gold reserves A gold reserve is the gold held by a national central bank, intended mainly as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g. paper money), or trading peers, during the eras of the gold standard, and also as a store of v ...

, gold held by central banks as a store of value *

Reserve study A reserve study is a long-term capital budget planning tool which identifies the current status of the reserve fund and a stable and equitable funding plan to offset ongoing deterioration, resulting in sufficient funds when those anticipated major ...

, a long-term capital budget planning tool

Land management

Game reserve A game reserve (also known as a wildlife preserve or a game park) is a large area of land where wild animals live safely or are hunted in a controlled way for sport. If hunting is prohibited, a game reserve may be considered a nature reserve; ...

, land set aside for maintenance of wildlife, for tourism or hunting * Indian reserve, a tract of land reserved for the use and benefit of a band **

Indian colony An Indian colony is a Native American settlement associated with an urban area. Although some of them become official Indian reservations, they differ from most reservations in that they are placed where Native Americans could find employment i ...

, the concept in the United States **

Indian reservation An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it ...

, equivalent concept in the United States **

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." In ...

, equivalent concept in Canada ** Urban Indian reserve, equivalent concept in Canada *

Nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological o ...

, a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest

Military

Military reserve A military reserve, active reserve, reserve formation, or simply reserve, is a group of military personnel or units that is initially not committed to a battle by its commander, so that it remains available to address unforeseen situations or ex ...

, military units not initially committed to battle *

Military reserve force A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...

, a military organization composed of citizens who combine a military role with a civilian career *

Reserve fleet A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothballs" or "mothballed"; ...

, a collection of partially or fully decommissioned naval vessels not currently needed.

Sports

Reserve (sport) In team sports, substitution (or interchange) is replacing one player with another during a match. Substitute players that are not in the starting lineup (also known as bench players, backups, interchange, or reserves) reside on the bench and ar ...

, a player not in the starting lineup *

Injured reserve list The injured reserve list ( IR list) is a designation used in North American professional sports leagues for athletes who suffer injuries and become unable to play. The exact name of the list varies by league; it is known as "injured reserve" in th ...

, a list of injured players temporarily unable to play *

Reserve clause The reserve clause, in North American professional sports, was part of a player contract which stated that the rights to players were retained by the team upon the contract's expiration. Players under these contracts were not free to enter into an ...

, part of a player contract in North American professional sports *

Reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

, the second team fielded by a sports club

Other uses

Aboriginal reserve An Aboriginal reserve, also called simply reserve, was a government-sanctioned settlement for Aboriginal Australians, created under various state and federal legislation. Along with missions and other institutions, they were used from the 19th c ...

, historical government-run settlement in Australia *

Course reserve Course reserve is a term used in academic libraries to describe materials set aside for a specific academic course or other use. Most often materials are put on course reserve by library staff at the request of the course's instructor. Materials ...

, library materials reserved for particular users *

Dynamic reserve Dynamic reserve, in the context of the dynamic energy budget theory, refers to the set of metabolites (mostly polymers and lipids) that an organism can use for metabolic purposes. These chemical compounds can have active metabolic functions, however ...

, the set of metabolites that an organism can use for metabolic purposes * Fuel reserve, an extra fuel tank, or extra fuel in the main fuel tank *

Injury Reserve Injury Reserve is an American hip hop group formed in 2013 in Tempe, Arizona by rappers Stepa J. Groggs (Jordan Groggs), Ritchie with a T (Nathaniel Ritchie), and producer Parker Corey. History 2013–2014: Career beginnings, ''Depth Chart ...

, an Arizona hip hop trio formed in 2013 * Reserve Police Officers, auxiliary police officers *

Reserve power In a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government, a reserve power, also known as discretionary power, is a power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch or part of the government. Unlike in ...

, a power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government *

Reserve wine Reserve wine is wine of a higher quality than usual, a wine that has been aged before sale, or both. Traditionally, winemakers would reserve some of their best wine rather than sell it immediately, coining the term. In some countries the use of t ...

, a wine that is specially designated *

Reserved Reserved is a Polish apparel retailer headquartered in Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland. It was founded in 1999 and remains the largest company of the LPP group, which has more than 1,700 retail stores located in over 20 countries and also owns such ...

, a Polish clothing store chain *

Stockpile A stockpile is a pile or storage location for bulk materials, forming part of the bulk material handling process. Stockpiles are used in many different areas, such as in a port, refinery or manufacturing facility. The stockpile is normally cre ...

, a reserve of bulk materials for future use