appropriation

Meaning

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

Synonyms

allocation

assignment

allotment

funding

seizure

fund

exploitation

assignation

attribution

awarding

annexation

taking

confiscation

usurpation

diversion

earmarking

enchantment

aptness

financing

fit

apportionment

grant

misappropriation

moderation

plagiarism

suitableness

summing up

uptake

vote

grant-in-aid

assumption

pifferage

allowance

budget appropriation

conversion

defalcation

Translations

apropriação

appropriation

apropiación

asignación

appropriazione

crédit

ayırma

Aneignung

apropiació

crédit budgétaire

affectation

σφετερισμός

dotation

Haushaltsbewilligung

Verwendung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: appropriacion

In summary

From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By surface analysis, appropriate + -ion.