What is the meaning of appropriation?

noun

  • Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose.
  • Incorporation by joining or uniting.
  • A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner.
    • usage: "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"
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