appropriation

Noun
  1. Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose (synset 113310868)
    referred to in: general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature - persons who make or amend or repeal laws
    is a type of: money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
    subtypes: pork, pork barrel - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
  2. Incorporation by joining or uniting (synset 100374226)
    is a type of: incorporation - including by incorporating
    same as: annexation
  3. A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner (synset 100084795)
    "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"
    is a type of: acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something
    subtypes:
    • adoption, borrowing - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
    • pre-emption, preemption - a prior appropriation of something
    • seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process
    • requisition, sequestration - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

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