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Noun
/əˌprōprēˈāSHən/,
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appropriations, plural;
  1. The action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission
    • - the appropriation of parish funds
  2. The artistic practice or technique of reworking images from well-known paintings, photographs, etc., in one's own work

  3. A sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose

  1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
  2. annexation: incorporation by joining or uniting
  3. 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. In the visual arts, to appropriate means to adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of man-made visual culture. Strategies include "re-vision, re-evaluation, variation, version, interpretation, imitation, proximation, supplement, increment, improvisation, prequel... ...
  5. "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. ...
  6. 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. ...
  7. 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.
  8. In law and government, appropriation (from Latin appropriare, "to make one's own", later "to ") is the act of something for its application to a particular usage, to the exclusion of all other uses.
  9. In music, appropriation is the use of borrowed elements (aspects or techniques) in the creation of a new piece.
  10. An appropriations act of Congress permits USDA or other federal agencies to incur financial obligations to be drawn from the Federal Treasury. ...
  11. (APPROPRIATIONS) Legislation which provides the actual funds to operate the departments and agencies of the federal government.  There are 13 regular appropriations bills which must be approved on an annual basis effective for the fiscal year which begins on Oct. 1 (also see Continuing Resolution).
  12. (Appropriations (0010 through 0020)) Monies assigned to the University by a governmental entity. Select the specific code that best describes the source of the funds.
  13. (Appropriations) Also known as allocations or the authorized expenditure level. This is a summary of the budgetary transactions associated with an FAU under the TEMP ledger.
  14. (Appropriations) Basically, a fancy word for budget. A legislature's appropriations committee will craft a bill that lays out how the government's money should be spent for a given time period (usually a fiscal year), which is then voted on by the legislature and signed into law by the president ...
  15. (Appropriations) Legislative enactments that spend General Fund and lottery monies for programs explicitly identified in the bill. By contrast, programs that receive an “expenditure limitation” are authorized to receive funds from other sources, such as through fees or grants. ...
  16. (Appropriations) refers to the dollars or associated full-time equivalent positions authorized for specific fiscal years, and to the provisions for spending authority.
  17. The private taking and use of public property, such as water from a river or lake. Not to be confused with condemnation or expropriation.
  18. Authorization by act of Congress permitting Federal agencies to incur obligations and make payments out of the 'treasury for specific purposes.
  19. 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. ...
  20. Allotment of specific dollar amounts for specific programs or purposes.
  21. An authorization granted by a legislative body to make expenditures and incur obligations for specific purposes. An appropriation is usually limited in amount and duration.
  22. A legislative enactment authorizing the expenditure of public funds for a specific governmental purpose.
  23. A sum of money allocated by Parliament for a specific purpose outlined in the Annual Budget.
  24. The appropriation enables an agency or department to (1) make spending commitments and (2) spend money. Except in the case of entitlements, an appropriation is the key determinant of how much will be spent on a program.
  25. The setting aside of public revenues for a specific use or program.