appropriation

plural appropriations

1. countableuncountableAn act or instance of appropriating.

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   Their ties to the area may be based on traditional rather than written claims – but Bir Tawil is not any more a “no man’s land” than the territory once known as British East Africa, where terra nullius was repeatedly invoked in the early 20th century by both chartered companies and the British government that supported them to justify the appropriation of territory from indigenous people.

   2016 March 3, Jack Shenker, “Welcome to the land that no country wants”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2020

2. countableuncountableThat which is appropriated.
3. countableuncountablePublic funds set aside for a specific purpose.

   Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS.

   1984 April 21, Christine Guilfoy, “Gay Lobby Hires New Executive Director”, in Gay Community News, page 3

4. countableuncountableartThe use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
5. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
6. countableuncountableIn church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
7. countableuncountableconstitutional lawThe principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.