reserved

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of reserve

adj

1. (comparable)Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

   “He was a quiet, reserved person.”

   “Before I met Mr. Bowen Cooke I had been given to understand that he was of a reserved nature, and on occasion could be a "bit of a martinet"; [...].”

2. (not-comparable)Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.

   “Near-synonyms: allocated, assigned, dedicated”

   “I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.”

   “A special reserved enclosure with sandbags and a corrugated iron roof was set aside for three members of the Royal Family.”

   “The LNER website, for example, tries to stop people buying off-peak tickets for services that the company reckons are full, even though there is nothing to prevent people without a seat reservation from getting on a particular service. Indeed, I did so recently on the Inverness midday train, which is a superb service to York, and inevitably there were plenty of reserved seats where the passengers had not turned up.”