set-aside
noun
uk/ˈsetəsaɪd/ us [ C ] FINANCE, GOVERNMENT US
a part of an amount of government money that must be used to give work to businesses owned by women or minorities (= group who have a different race, culture, or religion to most other people):
The federal government has made available set-aside programs for small companies.
[ C ] FINANCE
an amount of money kept for a special purpose:
A £70m set-aside is included in a 48% rise in its provisions for bad and doubtful debts.
[ U ] GOVERNMENT, PRODUCTION
a system in the European Union in which farmers are paid not to use part of their land in order to reduce the amount of a crop on the market or control prices:
The EU was being urged to halt set-aside in order to boost grain production.