ring-fenced
Set aside, untouchable
Ring-fenced describes funds or resources that have been set aside and protected from being used for other purposes.
A ring-fenced budget cannot be raided to cover shortfalls elsewhere: The education grant is ring-fenced and can't be redirected to infrastructure.
In British finance, ring-fencing separates retail banking from riskier investment activities.
The verb ring-fence means to protect something in this way: They ring-fenced the pension fund.
Distribution of shares
- earmarkedDesignated for specific use
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- reservedRestrained in manner
- fundsAvailable financial resources
dedicated · set-aside · provisioned · committed · allocated · designated · predetermined · locked-in
Kept from harm
- shieldedProtected from harm
- insulatedShielded from heat loss
- preservedKept from deterioration
- securedMade fast or obtained
defended · immune · inviolable · untouchable · guaranteed · cordoned · partitioned · walled-off
Limited in scope
- limitedRestricted in extent
- reservedRestrained in manner
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
- dedicatedWholly committed to something
closed-off · members-only · privileged · selective · segregated · partitioned · separate · distinct
allocation
Distribution of shares
- earmarkedDesignated for specific use
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- reservedRestrained in manner
funds · dedicated · set-aside · provisioned · committed · allocated · designated · predetermined · locked-in · assigned
safeguarded
Kept from harm
secured · defended · immune · inviolable · untouchable · guaranteed · cordoned · partitioned · walled-off · separated
restricted
Limited in scope
- limitedRestricted in extent
- reservedRestrained in manner
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
dedicated · closed-off · members-only · privileged · selective · segregated · partitioned · separate · distinct · bounded
ring-fencedunrestricted
Having no limitations
unallocated · general-purpose · fungible · pooled · discretionary
ring-fenceddiscretionary
Subject to personal judgment
flexible · redistributable · repurposable · movable · unfixed
ring-fencedunprotected
Without safeguard or shield
open · exposed · vulnerable · unshielded · accessible
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