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Meanings of set-aside in English

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Incentive scheme introduced by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1988, by requiring that farmers leave a proportion of their land out of intensive production.

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Reserved in advance.

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Uncultivated land.

Usage of set-aside in English
1
New hedges divide fields, and strips of wild set-aside land run alongside.
The Guardian
2
The Government has responded by establishing voluntary, set-aside netting provisions in two rivers.
The Irish Times
3
They have set-aside requirements that are geared toward helping minorities and disadvantaged groups.
Ebony
4
At some companies these set-asides fell in 2013 as interest rates rose.
Reuters
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