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set-aside, n. and adj. phr. U.S.
[f. vbl. phr. set aside: cf. set v. 139 a, aside adv.]
A. n. phr. Something set aside; spec. a quantity of commodities, agricultural produce, etc., reserved by governmental order for a special purpose (orig. for supplying the military forces.) Also, the action of securing thus.
1943Sun (Baltimore) 16 June 28/8 ‘Set asides’ for the armed forces have increased measurably. 1954Ibid. 21 July b12/3 One of the foggier sections of the pending overall farm bills would provide for ‘set-asides’ of surplus commodities now held by the Government. The purpose of the set-aside is clear enough, if the method of effecting it is not. 1966Wall St. Jrnl. (Eastern ed.) 5 Dec. 12/2 The Government ordered drastic increases in defense set-asides on copper during the first half of 1967. 1975New Yorker 26 May 66/2 A visitor asked Butz, who had become Secretary of Agriculture late in 1971, if as Secretary he would have preferred to limit the ‘set-aside’ of cropland withheld from production in 1972. 1980Outdoor Life (U.S.) (Northeast ed.) Oct. 47/1 Another may be squeaky clean on wilderness set-aside, for example, but falter badly when it comes down to a sensible attitude on gun control.
B. adj. phr.
1943Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 6 Oct. 3/5 A protest..to the War Food Administration against inclusion of smaller sizes of certain varieties of fruit in the government's ‘set-aside’ order to protect needs for the armed services. 1979Financial Times 19 Jan. 37/7 There is in addition a ‘set-aside’ programme in the U.S. for both wheat and maize to restrict plantings. |