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set-asideˈset-aˌside noun [countable, uncountable]  - However, the star performance came from the consultants' programme on first wheat after set-aside.
- The 30 % set-aside did not apply to city contracts awarded to minority-owned prime contractors.
- The administration has imposed a three-year moratorium on federal minority set-aside programs.
1 British English an arrangement in the European Union in which a government pays farmers to leave some of their fields empty, in order to avoid producing too much of a crop and to keep the price higher2an arrangement in the US in which a local government helps small businesses to develop by making financial help available to them: In 1976, Connecticut established one of the nation’s first set-aside programs.3an amount of money that is kept so that it can be used for a special purpose SYN reserve |