Appropriation
[ə,prəʊprɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [ə,proprɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose.
Editor: Tod--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
(n.) Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
(n.) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
(n.) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
Typed by Brandon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Seizure, capture, taking, taking to one's self.[2]. Application (to a particular use).[3]. Sum set apart (for a specific object).
Edited by Colin
Examples
- Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Because,' said Alfred, 'I am disposed to be sentimental myself, on your appropriation of the jewels and the money, Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In 1878 it was resumed by appropriation from Congress, and completed and dedicated in 1885, under the direction of Col. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But take it away, and all _appropriation_ ceases, and a very pretty gallant charade remains, fit for any collection. Jane Austen. Emma.
Checked by Curtis