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appropriation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annexation |
| Type of | incorporation |
appropriation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | acquiring, getting |
| Has types | borrowing, sequestration, adoption, pre-emption, preemption, requisition, seizure |
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.
appropriation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | money |
| Has types | pork, pork barrel |
Examples of appropriation
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Indeed, the 2011-12 budget includes a $270,000 appropriation for a Moreland Act.
From the timesunion.com
Granholm proposed cutting by half a $64 million appropriation for both programs.
From the freep.com
It is just plain unpatriotic to question any appropriation for national defense.
From the time.com
Van Hollen said he would seek a $3 million federal appropriation for the center.
From the washingtonpost.com
No word yet from Sittig on whether that particular appropriation was on purpose.
From the techcrunch.com
The County Council gave preliminary approval to the tax appropriation for Metro.
From the stltoday.com
When the legislature fended off the cut, Romney vetoed the entire appropriation.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Since 2002, USA.gov has received an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Could there be a more appropriate centrepiece for this pirate of appropriation?
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
- Annexation: incorporation by joining or uniting
- 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"
- In the visual arts, to appropriate means to adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of man-made visual culture. Strategies include "re-vision, re-evaluation, variation, version, interpretation, imitation, proximation, supplement, increment, improvisation, prequel... ...
- "Appropriation (By Any Other Name)" was a 7" and CD release by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on June 13, 2005 on Angular Records. The song is a homage to Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo. ...
- Appropriation is a non-violent process by which previously unowned natural resources, particularly land, become the property of a person or group of persons. The term is widely used in economics in this sense. ...
- An appropriation bill or running bill is a legislative motion (bill) which authorizes the government to spend money. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money.
- In law and government, appropriation (from Latin appropriare, "to make one's own", later "to ") is the act of something for its application to a particular usage, to the exclusion of all other uses.
- In music, appropriation is the use of borrowed elements (aspects or techniques) in the creation of a new piece.
