Set Aside

Definition: Set Aside

Set Aside

Verb

1. Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research".

2. Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Set Aside

Abrogation

Verb: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate.

Dereliction of Duty

Verb: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.

Displacement

Verb: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile; (seclude); ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade.

Disuse

Verb: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf,lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard; (eject); dismiss, give warning.

Inattention

Close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to; pay no attention to; dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind; drop the subject, think no more of; set aside, turn aside, put aside; turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon.

Negation

Repudiate; set aside, ignore; rebut; (confute); qualify; refuse.

Neglect

Verb: be negligent; Adjective: take no care of; (take care of; ); neglect; let slip,let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of.

Nonobservance

Verb: fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to.

Refusal

Be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch; (obstinacy).

Rejection

Verb: reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline; (refuse); exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.

Relinquishment

Verb: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf; (disuse); set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon.

Crosswords: Set Aside

Tonight we set aside petty differences, forget old feuds, and start new ones. (The 43rd Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Eung-cheon Kim)

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Books

• Total Relaxation Set Aside All Worries (Adult Series/1 Audio Cassette) (reference)

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Ranchers in California set aside portions of their farms for collaborative studies on methyl bromide alternatives for strawberries. Plant pathologist Carolee Bull (right) and technician Adria Bordas evaluate biologically based methods for weed and disease control at Rod Koda's ranch. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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Health

Set aside time after breakfast or dinner for undisturbed visits to the toilet. (references)

You may be asked to set aside specific times to lie down on your back or side and count the number of times the baby moves or kicks. (references)

Worksites have the potential to encourage increased physical activity by offering opportunities, reminders, and rewards for doing so. For example, an appropriate indoor area can be set aside to enable walking during lunch hours. (references)

Business

For this project, the government has set aside USD 38 million. (references)

A five- percent share of this venture has been set aside for a black empowerment entity. (references)

As noted above, VNPT is currently the largest buyer of telecom equipment and in fact has funds set aside to invest in its proposed projects. (references)

Children

Mongolia

However, during the year, the Government set aside a small sum to begin building wheelchair access ramps to public buildings. (references)

Mauritius

The law requires organizations that employ more than 10 persons to set aside at least 3 percent of their positions for persons with disabilities. (references)

Slovak Republic

A 1994 decree provides incentives to employers to create a "sheltered" workplace (i.e., a certain percentage of jobs set aside for persons with disabilities). (references)

Civil Liberties

Papua New Guinea

It is the policy of the Department of Education to set aside 1 hour per week for religious instruction in the public schools. (references)

Brunei

In January 2000, the Government responded to objections from parents and religious leaders and set aside tentative plans to require that more Islamic courses be taught in private, non-Islamic parochial schools. (references)

Andorra

Catholic religious instruction is available to students in public schools on an optional basis, outside of both regular school hours and during the timeframe set aside for elective school activities, such as civics or ethics. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

Ministerial agencies are required to set aside 3 percent of their budget to create temporary job vacancies. (references)

Slovenia

By mid-1996, property restitution disputes derived from World War II had been set aside, allowing a dramatic improvement in relations. (references)

Slovak Rep

Funds of SKK 500 million ($10 million) for capital expenditures with respect to the new Act have been set aside in the state budget for 2001. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

However, in August the Appeals court set aside his conviction. (references)

Brazil

In October the state court of Rondonia set aside the September 2000 verdict, and in November 2000, a court convicted one officer and two squatters. (references)

South Africa

Victims' groups such as Khulumani called for the Government to set aside $650 million (6 billion Rands) for reparation funding according to the TRC formulas. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

One NGO advocate asserts that the land rights situation of the Orang Asli continues to decline, as land previously set aside as Orang Asli reserve is being re-zoned for development use. (references)

Peru

Nevertheless, according to the director of the Human Rights Ombudsman's Native Communities Program, the only right still statutorily set aside for this native population with respect to its land is that of "unassignability," which prevents the title to such lands from being reassigned to some nonindigenous tenant by right of tenure. (references)

Malaysia

The NGO pointed out that the total area of land actually reserved for Orang Asli had declined, not increased, since 1990. Surveying and transfer of title apparently has proceeded very slowly; however, during the year, a number of Orang Asli received land titles, and several state governments announced that land was being set aside for Orang Asli. (references)

Political Economy

SOUTH AFRICA

The Minister of Finance also announced that $375 million has been set aside over the next four years for tax incentives targeted at strategic industrial projects that promise significant benefits to the South African economy such as job creation. (references)

Political Rights

Pakistan

The Musharraf Government set aside one-third of the seats in the local council elections for female candidates. (references)

Colombia

In 1996 the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a 1993 law that set aside two house seats for citizens of African heritage, although the ruling allowed the incumbents to complete their terms in office. (references)

Trade

Kazakhstan

The Government now recommends that second-tier banks set aside 10% of their loan portfolios for small business lending. (references)

Latvia

The banks' investments in Russian government short-term securities (GKO) failed, there was a considerable loss of Russian customers, and Latvian banks had to set aside reserves for loans issued to Latvian producers focusing on the Russian market. (references)

Worker Rights

Mozambique

Workers who previously had labored in East Germany have requested sums that were set aside from their wages to serve as pensions at a later date. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "set aside": action to set aside ♦ Set aside agreement ♦ To set aside. Additional references.

Albanian

vë mënjanë (hoard, lay aside, lay by, lay off, move aside, put aside, put by, salt away, save, set apart, set by, set down), nuk pranoj (decline, deny, differ, disapprove, disclaim, ignore, override, protest, push away, reject, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, spurn, throw off, thumb down), mohoj (abnegate, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, rat, refuse, repudiate, retract), lë pa vëmendje, anuloj (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, void, withdraw). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favor, favour, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, know, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, realize, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set apart, single, single out, stamp), ‏معزول (isolated, outlying, removed, secluded, segregate, separated, set apart, shut off, straggler), ‏وفر (economize, put away, put by, put by smth., save, set apart), ‏حفظ (commit to memory, conservation, conserve, desiccate, din into, keep, keeping, maintenance, memorize, preservation, protect, protection, reservation, reserve, retain, save, store, treasure), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏أجل (adjourn, carry over, continue, defer, delay, dignify, esteem, glorify, hold over, honor, honour, look up to, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, rather, refer back, regard, remit, shelve, stall, suspend, table, value, yep, yes), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down), ‏دخر (enshrine, fund, garner, hoard, husband, lay by, lay up, put aside, put by, reserve, save, set, set apart, siphon, skimp, sock away, spare, stash, store). (various references)

Bulgarian 

слагам настрана (lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, set apart, set by), оставям настрана (discount, sink), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), запазвам (hold over, keep, maintain, preserve, protect, reserve, retain, save, secure), игнорирам (blink, cold shoulder, cushion, ignore, overlook). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�置 (shelve). (various references)

Czech

zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, quash, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), odstrèit (push aside, push away, push forward, put aside, set back), nedbat na (ignore, override), dát stranou (set apart), šetřit (retrench, save up, skimp, spin out, stretch). (various references)

Danish

skattefri hensættelse (provision initially set aside free of tax), ophaeve en dom eller en kendelse (to set aside a judgment or an order), henlaegge (to set aside), godtgørelse pr.braklagt hektar (allowance for hectare set aside), dom,over for hvilken der ikke kan begæres genoptagelse (judgment which not be set aside), delvis ophævelse af dom (judgment set aside in part). (various references)

Dutch

seponeren (to set aside), vergoeding per uit produktie genomen hectare grond (allowance for hectare set aside), rechtsmiddel tegen het vonnis (application to set aside the judgement), gedeeltelijke vernietiging van het arrest (judgment set aside in part), extra voorzieningen aanleggen (to set aside fresh provisions), een testament vernietigen (to annul a will, to set aside a will), een testament ongeldig maken (to annul a will, to set aside a will), een getuige wraken (to impugn evidence, to set aside evidence, to take exception to a witness), een arrest of een beschikking vernietigen (to set aside a judgment or an order), compensatie voor de braakleggingsverplichting (compensation for the set aside obligation), bij huwelijksvoorwaarden aan de langstlevende echtgenoot toegekend voorrecht om vooruit over een deel te beschikken (estate set aside in the antenuptial settlement in favour of the surviving spouse), arrest waartegen geen verzet openstaat (judgment which not be set aside), arrest dat niet vatbaar is voor verzet (judgment which not be set aside), aanvankelijk met vrijstelling van belasting gevormde voorziening (provision initially set aside free of tax). (various references)

Finnish

syrjäyttää (displace, oust, supersede, supplant). (various references)

French

rejeter, réserver, mettre de côté (set, set apart), garder en réserve, distinguer (separate, set apart), annuler, ajourner. (various references)

German

sich freimachen von, verzichten auf (disclaim, dispense with, forego, forgo, spare, to dispense with, to forgo, yield up), vergessen (forget, forget about, forgot, forgotten, leave, leave behind, lose, oblivion, put aside, to forget), ungültig erklären, für richtig erklären, einplanen (allow, budget for, build in, count in, plan on), beiseite schieben (move aside, push aside, thrust aside, to brush aside), beiseite legen (lay aside, lay away, lay by, put aside, put off, to lay aside), begraben (abandon, Bury, inter, interred, make up, put aside, rake over, relinquish, to bury), aufschieben (adjourn, defer, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone, procrastinate, push back, put off, shelve, shelving, slide back, slide open, suspend, to defer, to delay, to put off, to suspend), aufheben (abolish, abrogate, annul, break, break off, cancel, cancel out, close, dissolve, do away with, fuss, keep, lever, lift, lift off, lift up, make up for, neutralize, offset, pick up, quash, raise, remove, repeal, rescind, reserve, resolve, reverse, revoke, save up, to abolish, to abrogate, to annul, to override, to pick up, to repeal, to rescind, to suspend, unmake, void), außer acht lassen (disregard, waive), übergehen (bypass, descend, ignore, migrate, pass by, pass over, shade, skip). (various references)

Greek 

παραμερίζω (discard, override, put aside, put to one side, shelve, sideline, sidestep, sidetrack, stand aside). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"קציב (allocate, allot, allow, apply, assign, funds, mete, portion, ration, set the pace), ל�"פריש (devote, discharge, exude, give off, secrete), ל�"חות (cast away, defer, dismiss, hold off, postpone, repel, suspend), ל�'זוז (clip, pare, trim), לבטל (abolish, annul, cancel, invalidate, nullify, revoke, suspend, undo). (various references)

Hungarian

tartalékol (keep in reserve, lay by, lay up, set apart, to reserve, to set apart, to set aside), félretesz (allocate, cast aside, discard, lay aside, lay by, move away, pigeon-hole, put aside, put off, set apart, set by, to appropriate, to lay aside, to lay by, to lay sg by, to lay up, to pigeonhole, to put down, to put off, to put sg by, to put sg to one side, to reserve, to separate, to set by, to set sg by, to shelve, to throw off), eltesz (put aside, put away, put down, to conserve, to pigeonhole, to put away, to put down, to stow, to take away, to tuck away). (various references)

Indonesian

minggir, menyisihkan (reject, separate out), mencadangkan (plan, reserve, suggest), membakikan (reserve). (various references)

Italian

respingere (beat off, disallow, dismiss, fail, kill, push away, quash, reduce, reduce the price, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, return, shove, spurn, stave off, ward off), mettere via (put away, stow away), annullare (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, counter, countermand, delete, dissolve, nullify, override, overrule, quash, remit, rescind, scrub, tear up), accantonare (accommodate, appropriate, push aside, put away, shelve, shunt). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

充てる (to assign, to set aside). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さておく (to set aside), あてる (to address, to apply a patch, to assign, to hit, to set aside), とっておき (object set aside or held in reserve, the best, valued). (various references)

Pig Latin

etsay asideay

Portuguese

recusar (balk, challenge, confute, decline, deny, dismiss, pill, pish, put back, rebut, refuse, reject, reprobate, repulse, turn down, withhold), pôr de lado (lay aside, overrule, put away, put by, relegate, reserve, salt away, set apart, supersede), pôr � parte (make away, ostracize, outgrow, segregate, select, set apart, single), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, cancel, countermand, cross out, defeat, delete, disaffirm, disannul, dissolve, irritate, negate, neutralize, nullify, off, overrule, quash, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, ring finger, ringed, rip up, strike out), abandonar (abandon, back down, cast off, cede, desert, doff, flee, forsake, forwent, give up, jettison, lay aside, lay down, leave, neglect, off, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, secede, throw over, to abandon, vacant, vacate, waive). (various references)

Russian 

отставить, откладывать в сторону (lay aside, lay by, put aside), откладывать (adjourn, defer, deposit, hang up, hoard, hold over, lay aside, lay by, leave over, postpone, put aside, put away, put by, put off, put over, reserve, set apart, set by, shunt, store, suspend), отложить (hold over), пренебрегать (contemn, disdain, disregard, flout, neglect, slighted, slighting, slights). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

staviti na stranu (lay aside, put aside), ukinuti (abolish, abrogate, call off, cancel, discontinue, nullify, quash, rescind, reverse, revoke, undo). (various references)

Spanish

reservar (book, keep, reserve, secure, set apart), rechazar (ban, beat back, beat off, defeat, deny, deprecate, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, discourage, dismiss, disown, drive back, fend, fend off, fight off, hand off, hold off, negative, overrule, Parry, pass up, press back, push back, put aside, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, Spike, spurn, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn down, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away), poner aparte (keep, lay aside, put aside, put away, set apart), dejar de lado (brush aside, leave aside, pass by, put aside, shelve, sidetrack), apartar (abduce, alienate, allure, avert, deviate, distract, divert, divide, draw aside, draw away, draw off, fob, head off, hold off, keep apart, look away, lure away, move aside, move away, move over, push away, refract, separate, shut off, stave off, take away, throw aside, to deviate, turn aside, turn away), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, avoid, cancel, countermand, defeat, destroy, discontinue, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, override, overrule, overturn, quash, remit, repudiate, rescind, revoke, ring finger, scrub, undo, void, write off). (various references)

Swedish

undanröja (iron out, lull, obviate, remove), lägga undan (hive, hold, lay aside, lay by, pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, put away, put by, save, set apart), glömma (forget, leave, neglect), bortse från (disregard, ignore), avvisa (disallow, dismiss, meet, overrule, rebuff, reject, repulse, send away, spurn, throw over, turn away, turn down, wave aside), avsätta (assign, depose, deposite, dethrone, dismiss, displace, eject, remove, sell, set off, unfrock, unseat). (various references)

Turkish

reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), kenara koymak (lay aside, lay by, lay down, put aside, put away, put by, set apart, take aside), kararı iptal etmek, iptal etmek (abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, blank out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare off, disaffirm, disallow, invalidate, irritate, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub, setaside, stultify, suspend, vacate, void, wash out, write off), feshetmek (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, countermand, dissolve, do away with, outlaw, quash, remit, rescind, vacate, wash out), bir tarafa atmak, bir kenara koymak (lay aside, lay off, put on one side, setaside), ayrılmış (booked, disjointed, disunited, divided, divorced, estranged, isolated, reserved, segregate, set apart, split), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references)

Ukrainian

відкладати (adjourn, defer, delay, deposit, hold over, lay aside, lay past, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put aside, put over, respite, set apart, set by, stand over, suspend, wait), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reject, reprobate, repudiate, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away). (various references)

abdi, abdiam, abditis, abdito, removeo, semoveo. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: steadies.

-1 letter: disease, disseat, easiest, ideates, seaside, sedates.

-2 letters: asides, daises, dassie, deists, desist, dieses, easies, ideate, sadist, seated, sedate, seised, siesta, stades, steads, steeds, tassie, teased, teases, tsades, tsadis.

-3 letters: adits, aedes, aides, aside, assed, asset, dates, deets, deist, diets, ditas, dites, eased, eases, easts, edits, ideas, sades, sadis, saids, sated, sates, satis, seats.

+1 letter: andesites, demitasse, diatheses, disseated, misseated, sedatives, stateside, steadiers, steadiest.

+2 letters: adenitises, advertises, asterisked, defeatisms, defeatists, demitasses, desiccates, designates, desistance, dissertate, peptidases, sidestream, steadiness, streamside, unsteadies, waitressed, watersides.

+3 letters: adversities, advertisers, advisements, desalinates, desiderates, desistances, detasseling, disheartens, disseminate, dissertated, dissertates, established, federalists, miseducates, pasteurised, pederasties, pedestrians, staidnesses, streamsides, tardinesses, threadiness, unsteadiest.

+4 letters: adaptiveness, adroitnesses, adversatives, daintinesses, delicatessen, depositaries, dermatitises, desecrations, desperations, destabilizes, detailedness, detasselling, detestations, dipeptidases, disablements, disentangles, disseminated, disseminates, domesticates, draftinesses, drysalteries, eudaemonists, guesstimated, headmistress, medievalists, metastasized, misestimated, necessitated, resuscitated, slipstreamed, steadinesses, systematised, systematized, tawdrinesses, unsteadiness.