12 example sentences using reserve.
Reserve used in a sentence
Reserve in a sentence as a noun
That's not how fractional reserve works; that's just fraud.
By our TOS, we reserve the right to terminate the account of users in this case.
With fractional reserve, a bank holds maybe 1/8 of account balances in cash and the other 7/8 in loans due to the bank.
They did not become a fractional reserve, they became insolvent.
The major point is: To my knowledge, Gox wasn't trying to make loans with money that deposited with them, which is what a fractional reserve business is.
I imagine Tesla’s definition of “good faith” is “we evaluate on a case by case basis”.Which amounts to “if we like you” and “we reserve the right”.
Reserve in a sentence as a verb
They can terminate you at any time, without reason, and when they do so, hold any undisbursed funds in a reserve account for exactly 180 days.
There the Jew, the Mahometan, and the Christian deal with one another as if they were of the same religion and reserve the name of infidel for those who go bankrupt.
If the implication is that the yuan will actually replace the dollar as the dominant reserve currency, then that implication is probably false.
We might be in dangerous economic straits if the dollar were not the principal international reserve currency and the eurozone in deep fiscal trouble.
Engaging in deficit spending in ones family would be a great idea if you had an unlimited line of infinite forgiveable-borrowing at 0% from a reserve bank.
He was described as "remote, coldly aloof, ruthless aristocrat, living in lonely magnificence, disdaining the common people... an exceptional man, a lone wolf whose strength and courage could be looked up to, but at the same time had to be feared; an eccentric, misanthropic genius whose haughty bearing, cold eye and steely reserve made it impossible to like or trust him." [Interesting anecdote: He had all the walls of his penthouse office at the Tribune covered with dark wood, including the door, so that after your meeting ended, you would have great difficulty finding the door to get back out, suffering under his humiliating gaze.
Reserve definitions
formality and propriety of manner
See also: modesty
an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
See also: substitute second-stringer
(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
a district that is reserved for particular purpose
See also: reservation
armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
See also: reticence taciturnity
hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
See also: allow appropriate earmark
obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"