appropriation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations)
- An act or instance of appropriating.
- That which is appropriated.
- Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
- 1984 April 21, Christine Guilfoy, “Gay Lobby Hires New Executive Director”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
- Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS.
- (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
- (sociology) 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.
- (constitutional law) The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
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Translations edit
act of appropriating, or something appropriated
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public funds set aside for a specific purpose
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(art) the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work
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(sociology) the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework
References edit
- “appropriation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- appropriation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “appropriation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin appropriātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
appropriation f (plural appropriations)
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Further reading edit
- “appropriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.