reservation

noun

1. the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
2. the act of making an exception or qualification.
3. an exception or qualification made expressly or tacitly: to accept something, but with inner reservations.
4. a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe.
5. an arrangement to secure accommodations at a restaurant or hotel, on a boat or plane, etc.
6. the record kept or assurance given of such an arrangement: Sorry, the hotel has no reservation under that name.

noun

1. the act or an instance of reserving
2. something reserved, esp hotel accommodation, a seat on an aeroplane, in a theatre, etc
3. (often plural) a stated or unstated qualification of opinion that prevents one’s wholehearted acceptance of a proposal, claim, statement, etc
4. an area of land set aside, esp (in the US) for American Indian peoples
5. British the strip of land between the two carriageways of a dual carriageway
6. the act or process of keeping back, esp for oneself; withholding
7. law a right or interest retained by the grantor in property granted, conveyed, leased, etc, to anothera reservation of rent