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set-aside

set-aside

1 4.9
Kept in advance for a particular use or person
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛt əˌsaɪd/
translation icon : reservado
  • We had a college fund set aside for you.
  • set-aside land

Three to six months of living expenses set aside is good enough.

Examples

  • The plans endowed pensions to all employees for whom no money had been set aside, some of whom were already nearing retirement.

  • Opening night, I want 25 seats set aside.

    Finding Neverland (2004)

  • $1 billion, fair market value of the land plus interest, has been set aside.

    America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014)

  • If you left the company, you left behind the shares that were set aside for you, and these were worth an awful lot of money.

  • Three to six months of living expenses set aside is good enough.

    Silicon Valley Girl

  • A portion of the seller's proceeds is set aside in the lawyer's trust account until the repairs are made.

  • He was in the seat next to the empty orchestra space set aside for her wheelchair.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Those jobs are set aside for minorities, even those who can't pass the test.

    Blog text (2)

  • Our tank tops and flip-flops are set aside as we throw on our Fresno State hoodies and boots without any reluctance.

    Blog text (33)

  • We have a budget set aside for community projects this year.

Synonyms

reserved
vsset-aside
2.6

A place kept for a certain person or group

is kept for a specific purpose rather than only for particular people
booked
vsset-aside
1.0

Reserved in advance so it is not available for others

is kept for a particular purpose or person rather than only prearranged use

Antonyms

to use up
69 2.7

To finish all of something so nothing is left

How Reserved

set-aside
1 4.9
allotted
4.4
available
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

set-aside positive

Morphology

set-aside = set + aside (transparent) = set + aside

The adjective is built directly from the familiar phrase 'set aside', meaning to reserve something for a particular purpose.

Etymology

The word set-aside comes from two simple words: set, meaning 'to put', and aside, meaning 'to the side' or 'for later'. So if something is set-aside, it is 'put to the side' or saved for a particular person or purpose.