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set aside

• save or keep something, typically money or time, for a particular purpose.
• "the bank expected to set aside about $700 million for restructuring"
Similar: save, put by, put aside, put away, lay aside, lay by, put to one side, keep, reserve, keep in reserve, store, stockpile, hoard, stow away, cache, put in a safe place, put down, earmark, withhold, keep for oneself, set by, salt away, squirrel away, stash away, hang on to,
Opposite: use, use up, spend,
• declare a legal decision or process to be invalid.
• "he applied by summons to set aside the notice served on them"
Similar: overrule, overturn, reverse, revoke, countermand, rule against, nullify, render null and void, annul, cancel, quash, dismiss, reject, repudiate, abrogate, remit, vacate, disaffirm, recall,
Opposite: uphold, confirm,

set-aside noun

• the policy of taking land out of production to reduce crop surpluses.
• "grants for providing public access to set-aside land"
• a government contract awarded without competition to a minority-owned business.
• a portion of funds reserved for a particular purpose.


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