set-aside /ˈsɛtəˌsaɪd/ noun plural set-asides
plural set-asides
Learner's definition of SET-ASIDE
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[count] : 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储备物品;预留物资;(尤指美国联邦政府的)预留计划 2 British
a [noncount] : 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(欧盟为维持某种农产品价格的)休耕补贴方案
b [count] : a piece of land on which the crop is not grown休耕的土地