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Definition of appropriation
1 : an act or instance of appropriating something
2 : something that has been appropriated; specifically : money set aside by formal action for a specific use the city's appropriation for schools
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Examples of appropriation in a Sentence
the appropriation of funds to repair the bridge
The economy has been weakened by the appropriation of the country's resources by corrupt officials.
Recent Examples of appropriation from the Web
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At the federal level, language has been proposed for next year’s House appropriations bill that would set minimum standards to protect children from public embarrassment and leave them out of payment discussions.
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At the federal level, language has been proposed for next year's House appropriations bill that would set minimum standards to protect children from public embarrassment and leave them out of payment discussions.
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Also, Congress as a whole has yet to adopt an overall 2018 spending blueprint, called a budget resolution, which lawmakers use to set how much money is allocated to each of the 12 appropriations bills.
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Honey Rose’s poem referenced the simultaneous damage and appropriation of black culture by white folks, both dangerous in different ways.
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That chorus of approval changed Thursday, when some top Republican members of the House defense appropriations subcommittee warned Mattis that domestic spending cuts can’t carry the burden.
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The opinion held that Abbott could defund budget riders — directives to state agencies that are included in the budget but do not actually make any appropriations.
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The bill would transfer the bureau’s budget from the Federal Reserve to the congressional appropriations process and empower presidents to fire its director at will.
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The universities were downgraded because of their reliance on the state of Illinois for payments and appropriations, according to Moody’s.
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Origin and Etymology of appropriation
see 2appropriate
APPROPRIATION Defined for Kids
appropriation
playDefinition of appropriation for Students
1 : an act or instance of taking especially illegally or unfairly
2 : the act or an instance of setting apart for a special purpose
3 : a sum of money set apart for a special purpose
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