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appropriation
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appropriation
n.
allotment, allocation; seizure, confiscation
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Appropriation
Appropriation may refer to:
- Appropriation (art)
- Appropriation (music) in reference to the re-use and proliferation of different types of music
- Appropriation (economics) origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land
- Appropriation (education)
- Appropriation (law) as a component of government spending
- Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledge
- Cultural appropriation, the borrowing, or theft, of an element of cultural expression of one group by another
- Reappropriation, the use with a sense of pride (of a negative word or object) by a member of the offended group
- The personality rights tort of appropriation, one form of invasion of privacy
- Appropriation (By Any Other Name), by The Long Blondes (2005)
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appropriation
Noun
1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
(hypernym) money
(hyponym) pork barrel, pork
(classification) legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly, law-makers
2. incorporation by joining or uniting
(synonym) annexation
(hypernym) incorporation
3. a deliberate act of acquisition
(hypernym) acquiring, getting
(hyponym) borrowing, adoption
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appropriation
nf.
appropriation; assumption
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appropriation
n.
vyčlenění; apropriace
