Synonyms for appropriation
əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃənap·pro·pri·a·tion

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1. appropriationnoun

   money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

   Synonyms:
   annexation

2. annexation, appropriationnoun

   incorporation by joining or uniting

   Synonyms:
   annexation

3. appropriationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   annexation

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring
   • Incorporation
   • Legislature
   • Money

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1. columbusing

   columbus "discovering" america, but america discovered columbus.

   claiming miley cyrus invented twerking is columbusing. calling cornrows "boxer braids" are columbusing.

   Submitted by rinat on May 3, 2016  

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1. appropriationnoun

   Synonyms:
   seizure, capture, taking, taking to one's self

2. appropriationnoun

   Synonyms:
   application (to a particular use)

3. appropriationnoun

   Synonyms:
   sum set apart (for a specific object)

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1. List of paraphrases for "appropriation":

   credit, appropriations, credits, apportionment, ownership, allocation, provision, vote, reliance, allotment, funding

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How to use appropriation in a sentence?

1. Michael Frerichs:

   We’ll make far less in interest than we’ll be paying in interest to the bondholders, i think we need to make these investments in infrastructure, but we're going about it in the wrong order. It seems backwards issuing the bonds and hoping they get an appropriation to spend them.

2. Peyton Reed:

   It's just such a great metaphor. They have built their entire reputation on the backs of someone else's hard work, cultural appropriation has always been a thing from Elvis, The Beatles and everybody who, as [ Isis ] says, is' putting blonde hair on it and calling it something different.'.

3. Scott McBride:

   As the lapse in appropriation continues, more than 55,000 Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian employees will not receive monthly pay and benefits. In addition, the federal funding hiatus may affect the retired pay for 50,000 Coast Guard annuitants.

4. Illinois House:

   This is one of the things that he complained about as a candidate, it’s easy enough for the governor to [instead] come in before the legislature and say ‘I’d like to increase the size of the appropriation in the governor’s office because I want to hire people that I think are qualified, and I’d like to pay them an appropriate salary.’.

5. Steve Ellis:

   What we found, looking at the data, people who were writing the bills, those on the appropriation committees, were by far the winners in getting the most money back for their districts, whereas rank-and-file members get very little.