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Definition of Reserve account
1. Noun. Funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments.
Generic synonyms: Backlog, Reserve, Stockpile
Specialized synonyms: Hidden Reserve, Pool, Allowance, Allowance Account, Valuation Account, Valuation Reserve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reserve Account
Literary usage of Reserve account
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Bank Operation by Loyd Helvetius Langston, First National City Bank of New York (1921)
"Sendings which are immediately available are, of course, charged by the sending
bank to its Lawful reserve account and they do not enter this collection ..."
2. Cost Accounting: Principles and Practice by John Packard Jordan, Gould Leach Harris (1920)
"Interest reserve account and Interest Income Account Method The criticism that
interest inclusion inflates inventories and anticipates profits has led to ..."
3. Advanced Accounting by Lawrence Robert Dicksee, James Edward Geoffrey De Montmorency (1903)
"In such cases it is better to open a reserve account, to which the provision for
Depreciation nny be credited. In the Balance Sheet the credit balance of ..."
4. Railroad Finance by Frederick Albert Cleveland, Fred Wilbur Powell (1912)
"5 reserve account for Each Class of Equipment.—Under the old classification
repairs, renewals, and depreciation were combined under one formal ..."
5. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"The author's test, therefore, is that a reserve account, to properly appear among
the liabilities on a balance sheet, must represent: ..."
6. Municipal Accounting by De Witt Carl Eggleston (1914)
"The balance of the Insurance Prepaid reserve account appears under the ...
Stores Reserve (Account 33) This account is an offset to the Stores account. ..."
7. Municipal Accounting by De Witt Carl Eggleston (1914)
"The balance of the Insurance Prepaid reserve account appears under the ...
Stores Reserve (Account 33) This account is an offset to the Stores account. ..."
8. Municipal Accounting by De Witt Carl Eggleston (1914)
"The balance of the Insurance Prepaid reserve account appears under the ...
Stores Reserve (Account 33) This account is an offset to the Stores account. ..."