| NOUN | possession | appropriation | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
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| act | appropriation, annexation | incorporation by joining or uniting | |
| act | appropriation | a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner |
| Sounds | ahprow.priyey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose. | |
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| Category | legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
| Narrower | pork barrel, pork | A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents |
| Broader | money | The most common medium of exchange |
| Spanish | apropiación | |
| Meaning | incorporation by joining or uniting. | |
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| Synonym | annexation | |
| Broader | incorporation | Including by incorporating |
| Spanish | anexión, asignación | |
| Catalan | annexió | |
| Meaning | A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner. | |
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| Narrower | borrowing, adoption | The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source / source |
| preemption, pre-emption | A prior appropriation of something | |
| seizure | The taking possession of something by legal process | |
| sequestration, requisition | seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits / profits pay the demand for which it was seized | |
| Broader | acquiring, getting | The act of acquiring something |
| Spanish | apropiación | |
| Catalan | apropiació | |
| Adjectives | appropriative | of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself |
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