Look up: Ringfencing

1. Ringfencing
   The government's practice of earmarking for national priorities parts of the funding it gives organisations such as councils and hospitals - effectively telling those organisations how to spend some of their money. At present, money is ringfenced for spending in areas such as mental health and education.
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2. Ringfencing
   The principle of restricting consideration of a newly created post or posts to a particular group of individuals within a donating school on the basis that the content of existing job roles and skills required to undertake these are, in the main, transferable to the new post.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20923
   
   
3. ringfencing
   financial ringfencing means that the entity is self-accounting in terms of profits and losses, has a sustainable balance sheet based on commercial accounting principles and has no hidden financial or other support···...
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4. Ringfencing
   `Ringfencing` or `Ring-fencing` occurs when a portion of a company`s assets are financially separated without necessarily being operated as a separate entity. This might be for regulatory reasons (see Oregon example below), to allow the assets to be used as collateral for a loan, or so that the asse...
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