set-asides
Funds kept apart
Set-asides are portions of something reserved for a specific purpose or group.
In government contracting, set-asides guarantee a percentage of contracts for particular categories of businesses, especially those owned by minorities, women, or veterans: The agency has small business set-asides for federal projects.
Agricultural set-asides pay farmers to leave land unplanted.
More generally, any amount earmarked rather than left to open competition: The budget includes set-asides for emergency repairs.
Enforceable written agreements
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- governmentAuthority over a state
- biddingOffering prices or obeying
federal · preferences · awards · quotas · vendors · subcontracting · allocation · MBE
Preventing waste or loss
- acreageAmount of land owned
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- idledOperated without load
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
subsidies · USDA · enrollment · payments · cropland · compliance · environmental · program
Distribution of shares
- earmarkDesignate for specific purpose
- reserveSupply kept back
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- fundsAvailable financial resources
spending · mandatory · discretionary · sequestration · Congress · federal · entitlement · carve-out
Supply kept back
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- allocatedDesignated for distribution
earmarked · dedicated · cushion · portion · funds · protected · untouchable · designated
Conditional third-party deposit
- trustConfidence in another
- reservedRestrained in manner
- segregatedForcibly kept separate
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
settlement · funds · court-ordered · judgment · pending · litigation · accounts · holding
contracts
Enforceable written agreements
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- governmentAuthority over a state
bidding · federal · preferences · awards · quotas · vendors · subcontracting · allocation · MBE · competitive
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
fallow · subsidies · USDA · enrollment · payments · cropland · compliance · environmental · program · contracts
allocation
Distribution of shares
- earmarkDesignate for specific purpose
- reserveSupply kept back
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
funds · spending · mandatory · discretionary · sequestration · Congress · federal · entitlement · carve-out · designated
reserve
Supply kept back
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- savingsAccumulated money kept
allocated · earmarked · dedicated · cushion · portion · funds · protected · untouchable · designated · account
escrow
Conditional third-party deposit
- trustConfidence in another
- reservedRestrained in manner
- segregatedForcibly kept separate
disputed · settlement · funds · court-ordered · judgment · pending · litigation · accounts · holding · contested
- procurementprocurement, purchasing, purchase order, bidding, subcontract
- economic developmenteconomic development, jobs, rural development, urbanization, job creation
- Education Equityeducation equity, desegregation, school integration, affirmative action, educational segregation
- quotasquota, production quotas, import quotas, sales quotas, hiring quotas
- workplace equityequal opportunity, pay equity, fair employment, fair hiring, fair treatment
- farm subsidiesfarm subsidies, crop subsidies, farm support, direct payments, support payments
set-asidesdiscretionary spending
Non-obligatory personal expenditures
pooled resources · slush funds · contingency funds · petty cash
set, aside, sets, setting, setter, setters, reset, resets, resetting