set-aside

noun \ ˈset-ə-ˌsīd \

Definition of set-aside

1 :something (such as a portion of receipts or production) that is set aside for a specified purpose

2 :a program requiring a percentage of opportunities (as for jobs or funding) to be reserved for an underrepresented group

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set-aside

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: something that is saved and used for a particular purpose; especially : a program that requires jobs, money, etc., to be saved for people who have not been given as much as others in the past
: a plan in the European Union in which farmers are paid not to grow a certain crop on a piece of land so that the price for that crop will not decrease too much
: a piece of land on which the crop is not grown

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set aside

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legal Definition of set aside

1 :to disagree with and overturn (a decision or act of a lower tribunal) upon review :overrule, vacate

set aside the decree

2 :to deprive of legal effect or force :annul, void

may set aside the contract

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