set-aside
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Definitions
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- : something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- : a tract of federal lands set aside as a wildlife refuge, oil exploration site, etc.
- : a tract of farmland on which commercial crops or a specific crop will not be grown, as part of a federal plan to decrease production in order to maintain or increase prices.
- : a specified amount or percentage of an industry's production set aside, especially for government use: Ten percent of gasoline production is a set-aside for emergency use by the state.
- : a government contract awarded, as to a minority-owned business, without competitive bidding.
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- : pertaining to or constituting a set-aside: set-aside provisions of the new law.
Examples
When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.
You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.