appropriation

From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations)

1. An act or instance of appropriating.
2. That which is appropriated.
3. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
   • 1984 April 21, Christine Guilfoy, “Gay Lobby Hires New Executive Director”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS.

4. (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
5. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
6. 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. (constitutional law) The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.

• cultural appropriation

• “appropriation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• appropriation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “appropriation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

From Latin appropriātiōnem.

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appropriation f (plural appropriations)

1. appropriation

• approprier

• “appropriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.