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1. (n.) appropriation
the act of appropriating.
2. appropriation
anything appropriated for a special purpose, esp. money authorized to be paid from a public treasury.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME (< MF) < LL)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) appropriation
money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
2. (noun) annexation, appropriation
incorporation by joining or uniting
3. (noun) appropriation
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Appropriation
the act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object
2. (noun) Appropriation
anything, especially money, thus set apart
3. (noun) Appropriation
the severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone
4. (noun) Appropriation
the application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter
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