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set-aside Definition

set·-aside (setə sīd′)

noun

something set aside or reserved, as by the government, for a specific purpose, for the use or benefit of a particular group, etc.

set aside Synonyms

set aside

v.

  1. To save

    put away, reserve, lay up; see maintain 3, save 3.

  2. To discard

    abrogate, repeal, reject; see cancel 2, discard.

set-aside Finance Definition
A federal contract that only small businesses or minority-owned firms may bid on.
set-aside Law Definition

n

Something, such as an amount of money, that is reserved for some particular later use.
set aside Law Definition

v

To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
set-aside Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: The nuclear industry has funds set-aside or hopes to find funds for some of these more conventional activities.
  • use: Lapwings increasingly use rotational set-aside for nesting but this is not considered optimal habitat for them.
  • manage: They are also provided with information on managing set-aside for the benefit of wildlife, but this is rarely acted upon.

Preposition: for

  • entrant: It is very important that continuing students are not sent to Adam House during Freshers ' week as this is set-aside for new entrants.
  • purpose: A spare room should be set-aside for the purpose.

Adjective modifier

  • rotational: The country is largely arable with a reasonable portion of permanent and rotational set-aside and a little grass.
  • compulsory: Definitions Obligatory set-aside This covers the area of compulsory set-aside designated for any year, 10 % for 2003.
  • long-term: On the other hand, developments such as increases in long-term set-aside may have had a positive impact.
  • non-rotational: Such conditions are often found on rotational set-aside and in the earlier years of non-rotational set-aside.
  • marginal: Finally, the Wytham Margins experiment, established in 1987, investigated the invertebrates of long-term marginal set-aside.
  • permanent: Set-aside Managing set-aside for conservation This picture shows an area of the farm that has been in permanent set-aside for 13 years.

Modifies a noun

  • entitlement: Your set-aside entitlement will be fixed regardless of what crops you decide to grow in 2006.
  • land: In 2001, the compulsory level or minimum level of UK set-aside land was 10 % .
  • margin: The second, the Variable Margins experiment, looked at the effect of the width of set-aside margins.
  • field: Please could you also include the Government information on set-aside fields?
  • payment: Some energy crops ( short rotation coppice for example ) can be planted on set-aside land without the set-aside payment being revoked.
  • rule: These set-aside rules do not apply when the land is being used to grow non-food crops.

Noun used with modifier

  • land: Land set-aside is at least 10 % of the area of the land cropped for which payment is received.
  • %: Does the farmer need 8 % set-aside in 2006?
  • farmland: Farmland set-aside could support a significant proportion of the Breckland population.

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