Definition of "ringfenced" []

• Of funds, that may only be used for a previously specified purpose (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of ringfence. (verb)

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• "Cutbacks in spending will see local authorities hardest hit - although schools, hospitals and police will be partially 'ringfenced' - and there will be tax hikes for high earners."
• "Mitchell, whose DfID budget has been "ringfenced" from the government's austerity drive, is under intense pressure from sections of his own party to justify its special status while other departments, including the Home Office and Department for Work and Pensions, face cuts of 25% to 40%."
• "He began by attacking the way the government has removed "ringfenced" provision for school sport."