Associations to the word «Appropriation»
Noun
- Subcommittee
- Deaf
- Authorization
- Veto
- Judiciary
- Funding
- Budget
- Expenditure
- Committee
- Treasury
- Oversight
- Bill
- Senate
- Spending
- Blind
- Fund
- Legislature
- Congress
- Rules
- Transportation
- Enactment
- Tort
- Dod
- Legislation
- Expense
- Taxation
- Amendment
- Amount
- Homeland
- Veteran
- Revenue
- Collage
- Congressman
- Chairman
- Act
- Accountability
- Resolution
- Allocation
- Provision
- Taxpayer
- Receipt
- Allotment
- Byrd
- Usda
- Procurement
- Pupil
- Session
- Agency
- Assimilation
- Clause
- Caucus
- Increase
- Finance
- Disability
- Legislative
- Katrina
Adjective
Wiktionary
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. (arts) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
APPROPRIATION, noun. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
Dictionary definition
APPROPRIATION, noun. Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose.
APPROPRIATION, noun. Incorporation by joining or uniting.
APPROPRIATION, 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.