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set–aside Listen to audio/ˈsɛˌsaɪd/ noun
plural set–asides
1 [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
minority set-asides
2 Brit 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
b [count] : a piece of land on which the crop is not grown

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