SET-ASIDE Synonyms

• prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

• kept intact or in a particular condition

• set aside for the use of a particular person or party

• marked by self-restraint and reticence

• rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

• guarded from injury or destruction

• distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

• appointed but not yet installed in office

• assign a name or title to

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• decree or designate beforehand

• design or destine

• identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

• a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

• make safe

• escort safely

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• reserved in advance

• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

• involved in military hostilities

• reserved in advance

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

• having services contracted for

• built against or attached to a wall

• pledged to be married