appropriation

Meanings

Plural: appropriations

Noun

• money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
• incorporation by joining or uniting
• a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
  • "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"
  • "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
• An act or instance of appropriating.
• That which is appropriated.
• Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
• The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
• The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
• In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
• The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.

Synonyms

annexation