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appropriated, past participle; appropriated, past tense; appropriating, present participle; appropriates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission
    • - his images have been appropriated by advertisers
  2. Devote (money or assets) to a special purpose
    • - there can be problems in appropriating funds for legal expenses
  1. (appropriation) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
  2. (appropriation) annexation: incorporation by joining or uniting
  3. (appropriation) 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"
  4. (Appropriation (By Any Other Name)) "Appropriation (By Any Other Name)" was a 7" and CD release by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on June 13, 2005 on Angular Records. The song is a homage to Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo. ...
  5. (Appropriation (economics)) Appropriation is a non-violent process by which previously unowned natural resources, particularly land, become the property of a person or group of persons. The term is widely used in economics in this sense. ...
  6. (Appropriation (Law)) An appropriation bill or running bill is a legislative motion (bill) which authorizes the government to spend money. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money.
  7. (Appropriation (music)) In music, appropriation is the use of borrowed elements (aspects or techniques) in the creation of a new piece.
  8. (Appropriation (visual art)) In the visual arts, to appropriate means to adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of man-made visual culture. ...
  9. (appropriation) A term relating to the doctrine of the Trinity, which affirms that while all three persons of the Trinity are active in all the outward actions of the Trinity, it is appropriate to think of each of those actions as being the particular work of one of the persons. ...
  10. (Appropriation) Authorization by act of Congress permitting Federal agencies to incur obligations and make payments out of the 'treasury for specific purposes.
  11. (Appropriation) The right to take water from a stream, tributary or aquifer for beneficial use at a specified rate of flow, when such right is in priority, either for immediate use or to store for later use.  Usually evidenced by a water court decree.
  12. (Appropriation) Legislation which establishes a federal activity. The legislation will set limits on the amount of money, which can be set aside for the activity.
  13. (Appropriation) 1) money set aside for a particular use;  2) assigning for a particular use
  14. (Appropriation) The allocation of a specific part of the estate in satisfaction of a particular entitlement.
  15. (appropriation) the establishment of a water right by the diversion and application of water to a beneficial use.
  16. Appropriation is the way a taxing body authorizes the expenditure of funds and provides for the sources of funding. Appropriation generally involves the adoption of an ordinance or the passage of a law that states the specific terms of the proposed taxation.
  17. (appropriation) the setting aside of funds for a designated purpose (e.g., there is an appropriation of $7 billion to build 5 new submarines).
  18. (Appropriation) Legislation which indicates the actual amount of funds granted by law to an agency or program in a given fiscal year. An appropriation is the most common way to provide budget authority and usually follows an authorizing bill and budget ceiling. ...
  19. (appropriation) The statutory authority that allows a Federal agency to incur financial obligations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation also use Federal appropriations to finance their generating projects. BPA does not receive appropriations. See borrowing.
  20. An appropriation is the account code against which payments are made. When money is appropriated the money is set aside for a specific use.
  21. (Appropriation) Authority to spend funds appropriated by Congress and financed by general District revenues.
  22. (Appropriation) An act of a legislative body that makes funds available for expenditures with specific limitations as to amount, purpose, and period.
  23. (APPROPRIATION) processes by which individuals and communities consciously take both conceptual and operational control of an idea, a tool, a technology, etc. within the context of their real and perceived culture.
  24. (Appropriation) A formal approval to draw funds from the United States Treasury for an authorized program or activity.
  25. (Appropriation) A specified amount of water set aside by Congress, other legislative body or state or provincial water regulatory authority to be used for a specified purpose at a specified place, if available.