set-aside

set-aside
ˈset-aˌside noun [uncountable and countable]
1. British English an arrangement in the European Union in which a government pays farmers to leave some of their fields empty, in order to avoid producing too much of a crop and to keep the price higher
2. an arrangement in the US in which a local government helps small businesses to develop by making financial help available to them:
    In 1976, Connecticut established one of the nation’s first set-aside programs.
3. an amount of money that is kept so that it can be used for a special purpose
   SYN  reserve

set-asideBrE /ˈset əsaɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈset əsaɪd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a system in which the government pays farmers not to use some of their land for growing crops; the land that the farmers are paid not to use 退耕补贴制度（由政府补贴，鼓励农民退耕部分耕地）；退耕地