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\ ˈset-ə-ˌsīd 
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\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
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of set-aside
: something that is saved and used for a particular purpose especially, US : 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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The first known use of set-aside was in 1943
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