appropriation | ||
1. | [ noun ] (politics) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose | |
Related terms: | money pork_barrel legislature | |
2. | [ noun ] incorporation by annexation | |
Synonyms: | annexation | |
Related terms: | incorporation | |
3. | [ noun ] a deliberate act of acquisition | |
Related terms: | acquiring borrowing sequestration pre-emption seizure | |
Similar spelling: |
appropriative appropriate approbation appropriator appropriated appropriateness appropriately appropriable approbatory approbative |