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
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.