appropriation.
An act or instance of appropriating.
Meaning & usage
An act or instance of appropriating.
That which is appropriated.
Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
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.
The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By surface analysis, appropriate + -ion.
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