appropriation

ap·pro·pri·a·tion  (-prpr-shn)

n.

1. The act of appropriating.

2.

a. Something appropriated, especially public funds set aside for a specific purpose.

b. A legislative act authorizing the expenditure of a designated amount of public funds for a specific purpose.

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appropriation [əˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃən]

n

1. the act of setting apart or taking for one's own use

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a sum of money set apart for a specific purpose, esp by a legislature

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal laws pork barrel, pork - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
	2.	appropriation - incorporation by joining or uniting annexation incorporation - including by incorporating
	3.	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" acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" borrowing, adoption - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" pre-emption, preemption - a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process requisition, sequestration - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

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appropriation

noun

1. setting aside, assignment, allocation, earmarking, allotment, apportionment The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.

2. seizure, taking, takeover, assumption, annexation, confiscation, commandeering, expropriation, pre-emption, usurpation, impoundment, arrogation fraud and illegal appropriation of land

Translations

appropriation [əˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃən]

A. N

1. (= confiscation) → apropiación f
illegal appropriation → apropiación f indebida

2. (= allocation) → asignación f

3. (= funds assigned) → fondos mpl (US) → crédito m

B. CPD appropriation account N → cuenta f de asignación
appropriation bill N (US) (Pol) → proyecto m de ley de presupuestos
Appropriation Committee N (US) (Pol) → Comisión f de gastos de la Cámara de Representantes
appropriation fund N → fondo m de asignación

appropriation [əˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃ^ən] n

(= removal) [profit, land] → appropriation f

(US) (= allotting) [funds, funding] → dotation f, affectation f

appropriation

n

(of land, property) → Beschlagnahme f, → Beschlagnahmung f; (of sb’s ideas) → Aneignung f

(= allocation: of funds) → Zuteilung f, → Zuweisung f; to make an appropriation for something → Mittel für etw zuteilen or zuweisen

appropriation [əprəʊprɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n (taking for oneself) → appropriazione f; (allocation) → stanziamento