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- DictionaryAp·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"
- 2. a sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose: "success in obtaining appropriations for projects"
The meaning of APPROPRIATION is an act or instance of appropriating something. How to use appropriation in a sentence.
APPROPRIATION meaning: 1. the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission: 2. the act of taking…. Learn more.
APPROPRIATION definition: 1. the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission: 2. the act of taking…. Learn more.
the act of appropriating or taking possession of something, often without permission or consent. anything appropriated for a special purpose, especially money. an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use. a large appropriation for aid to libraries.
Appropriation is the act of taking something, usually without permission, like stealing your brother's french fries when he is momentarily distracted. Appropriation originally referred to the taking of private property, usually by the government.
noun. /əˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/ [uncountable, singular] (formal or law) the act of taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially without permission. dishonest appropriation of property. The film company sued them over their appropriation of a cartoon character.
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"
An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose. The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent. Appropriation of something that belongs to someone else is the act of taking it, usually without having the right to do so.
noun. /əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃn/. [uncountable, singular] (formal or law) the act of taking something that belongs to someone else, especially without permission dishonest appropriation of property The film company sued them over their appropriation of a cartoon character. compare misappropriation.
An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose. The government raised defense appropriations by 12 percent. Appropriation of something that belongs to someone else is the act of taking it, usually without having the right to do so.
