appropriation
pronunciation
How to pronounce appropriation in British English:
UK [əˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce appropriation in American English:
US [əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
- incorporation by joining or uniting
- a deliberate act of acquisition
Word Origin
- appropriation (n.)
- late 14c., "taking (something) as private property," from Late Latin appropriationem (nominative appropriatio) "a making one's own," noun of action from past participle stem of appropriare (see appropriate). Meaning "setting aside for some purpose" (especially of money) first attested 1789 in U.S. Constitution.
Example
- 1. Responsible for managing the construction fund and checking the construction appropriation periodically .
- 2. But the dickey-wicker amendment , applied originally to an appropriation bill passed in 1996 , and renewed each year since , bans federal funding of the destruction of human embryos for research .
- 3. As congress blithely ushers its trillion dollar " stimulus " package toward law and the u.s. treasury prepares to begin writing checks on this vast new appropriation , it might be wise to ask a simple question : who 's going to finance it ?
- 4. In 1797 , when congress voted to prepare the nation for war with france , including the appropriation of a large amount of funds for new weapons , the young inventor eli whitney -- already known for his invention of the cotton gin in 1794 -- seized an opportunity to try to make his fortune .
- 5. The financial appropriation expenditure on " three public " ( the funds for going abroad , vehicle purchase and operating cost , and official reception fee ) , which the central administrative unit , institutions and some other organizations used was 9.364 billion yuan totally .