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Time in coastal location where wild flowers can prosper?
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set-aside
Word definitions for set-aside in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 that has or have been set aside 2 taken out of agricultural production 3 reserved or booked in advance n. 1 something that is set aside for a specific purpose 2 (''Britain and Europe'') land that has been taken out of agricultural production to reduce ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1943, from verbal phrase (early 15c.); see set (v.) + aside (adv.).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Set-aside was a scheme introduced by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1988 (Regulation (EEC) 1272/88), to (i) help reduce the large and costly surpluses produced in Europe under the guaranteed price system of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. reserved in advance [syn: booked , engaged , set-aside(p) ]
Usage examples of set-aside.
Set-asides were conceived to help local minority-owned firms compete with underwriting giants such as Merrill Lynch.
Recently the Fanjuls discovered the benefits of minority set-aside programs.
With their infernal racial set-asides, racial quotas, and race norming, liberals share many of the Klan’s premises.
With their infernal racial set-asides, racial quotas, and race norming, liberals share many of the Klan's premises.