Definition of appropriation Appropriation

/ʌpɹowˌpɹiejˈʃʌn/ - [uprowpreeeyshun] - ap•pro•pri•a•tion

We found 13 definitions of appropriation from 4 different sources.

What does appropriation mean?

Noun Plural: appropriations
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"
		acquiring, getting the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
		borrowing, adoption the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
		pre-emption, preemption a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
		seizure the taking possession of something by legal process
appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
		money wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate"
		law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly persons who make or amend or repeal laws
appropriation - incorporation by joining or uniting
		annexation
		incorporation including by incorporating

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appropriation (Noun)
An act or instance of appropriating.
appropriation (Noun)
That which is appropriated.
appropriation (Noun)
public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
appropriation (Noun)
The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
appropriation (Noun)
The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.

appropriation (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.
appropriation (n.)
Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
appropriation (n.)
The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
appropriation (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.