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RESERVE FUND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
Synonyms:
reserve account; reserve fund
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("reserve fund" is a kind of...):
backlog; reserve; stockpile (something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reserve fund"):
hidden reserve (reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values))
pool (any communal combination of funds)
allowance; allowance account; valuation account; valuation reserve (a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets)
