 appropriation |
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| 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 |
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