Appropriation Definition & Meaning

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Appropriation

Appropriation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Appropriation? [n] a deliberate act of acquisition [n] incorporation by joining or uniting [n] money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose Synonyms \| Synonyms for Appropriation: annexation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Appropriation: abstraction \| adoption \| allocation \| allotment \| annexation \| appointment \| arrogation \| assignment \| assumption \| autoplagiarism \| boosting \| borrowed plumes \| borrowing \| colonization \| conquest \| conversion \| conveyance \| copying \| cribbing \| derivation \| deriving \| earmarking \| embezzlement \| encroachment \| enslavement \| filching \| fraud \| graft \| imitation \| indent \| infringement \| infringement of copyright \| invasion \| liberation \| lifting \| literary piracy \| mocking \| occupation \| pasticcio \| pastiche \| pilferage \| pilfering \| pinching \| piracy \| pirating \| plagiarism \| plagiarizing \| plagiary \| playing God \| poaching \| preemption \| preoccupation \| prepossession \| requisition \| scrounging \| seizure \| setting aside \| shoplifting \| simulation \| snatching \| sneak thievery \| snitching \| stealage \| stealing \| subjugation \| swindle \| swiping \| tagging \| takeover \| taking \| taking over \| theft \| thievery \| thieving \| trespass \| trespassing \| usurpation See Also \| acquiring \| adoption \| borrowing \| getting \| incorporation \| money \| pork \| pork barrel \| preemption \| pre-emption \| requisition \| seizure \| sequestration Appropriation In Webster's Dictionary \Appro`pria"tion\, n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.] 1. 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. Anything, especially money, thus set apart. The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone. (b) 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. --Chitty.

Appropriation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Appropriation?

[n] a deliberate act of acquisition
[n] incorporation by joining or uniting
[n] money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

Synonyms | Synonyms for Appropriation: annexation

Appropriation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap*pro`pri*a"tion\, n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F.
appropriation.]
1. 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. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.

         The Commons watched carefully over the
         appropriation.                        --Macaulay.

3. (Law)
   (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the
       perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
   (b) 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. --Chitty.

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