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appropriation

About 3.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An act or instance of appropriating.
  2. noun That which is appropriated.
  3. noun Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
  4. noun The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
  5. noun The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
  6. noun 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.
  7. noun The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.

Similar words

annexation usurpation expropriation confiscation usurping embezzlement seizure acquisition misappropriation encroachment

Often followed by

of for bill and to by act bills is

Word family

appropriations appropriative

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