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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   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. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn:

   There's not going to be any clean debt ceiling increase, but obviously, there's going to be a big package, perhaps, of everything from tax extenders to appropriation bills and the like.

2. Diana Rose:

   Cultural appropriation is if you are engaging with those practices in a way that directly goes against the stated preferences of the currently alive people who are from that culture that the practice comes from.

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. Grover Cleveland:

   I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution.

5. Tony Gonzales:

   If the administration wants to … not live up to this ruling, then we’re going to have a problem, it may come (to) a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to defund FDA programs that don’t make sense.