hidden reserve

1. 1.

   reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values)

   Broaderreserve account

   Narrowercookie jar reserve

Questions about hidden reserve

What does hidden reserve mean?

hidden reserve means "reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values)".

Is hidden reserve a common word?

hidden reserve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.