Reserve or reserves may refer to:

Places

* Reserve, Kansas, 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, United States. The population was 23 at the 2010 census. The town of Wakea was platted in 1911. The name was changed in 1912 with the establishment of the post office. The n ...

, a census-designated place in Sheridan County * Reserve, New Mexico, a US village *

Reserve, Wisconsin Reserve is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Couderay, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 429 at the 2010 census. Geography Reserve is located at (45.859877, -91.372722). According to the United States ...

, 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 ...

, 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), 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, holdings of deposits in central banks plus currency that is physically held in bank vaults * Foreign-exchange reserves, 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, 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, the concept in the United States ** Indian reservation, 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." Indi ...

, 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 or ...

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

Military

* Military reserve, military units not initially committed to battle * Military reserve force, 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), 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, 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, historical government-run settlement in Australia * Course reserve, library materials reserved for particular users * Dynamic reserve, the set of metabolites that an organism can use for metabolic purposes *

Fuel reserve {{Unreferenced, date=December 2007 In motorcycles and cars, the ''fuel reserve'' setting indicates that the level of fuel in the tank is low. In cars and most modern motorcycles this quantity (the reserve) is automatically available. Older motorcycl ...

, an extra fuel tank, or extra fuel in the main fuel tank * Injury Reserve, an Arizona hip hop trio formed in 2013 * Reserve Police Officers, auxiliary police officers * Reserve power, a power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government * Reserve wine, a wine that is specially designated * Reserved, 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