| ring fence | обособлять (1. to assign (money, a grant, fund, etc) to one particular purpose, so as to restrict its use > to ring-fence a financial allowance 2. to oblige (a person or organization) to use money for a particular purpose > to ring-fence a local authority Example Sentences Including "ring-fence" Another option was to allow councils to keep the cash but to ring-fence it for social housing. TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES (2002) However, it may be delayed because of the problems of preparing the business for sale and the need to ring-fence its liabilities. INDEPENDENT (1999). Collins Alexander Demidov) |
