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   Ap·pro·pri·a·tion

   /əˌprōprēˈāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission: "the appropriation of parish funds"
   • ▪ the artistic practice or technique of reworking images from well-known paintings, photographs, etc., in one's own work: "the hallmark of postmodernism has turned out to be appropriation"
   • 2. a sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose: "success in obtaining appropriations for projects"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatio(n-), from appropriare ‘make one's own’ (see appropriate).

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