appropriation
21APPROPRIATION — n. f. Action d’approprier. L’appropriation d’un local au service des malades. L’appropriation du style au sujet. Il signifie aussi Action de s’approprier. L’appropriation d’une terre, d’un dépôt …
22appropriation — (a pro pri a sion) s. f. 1° Action d approprier, de rendre propre à. L appropriation d un local au service des malades. 2° Action de s approprier une chose. Cet homme déloyal n a pas craint de se faire l appropriation d un dépôt. Par… …
23appropriation — [[t]əpro͟ʊprie͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] appropriations 1) N COUNT: usu with supp An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose. [FORMAL] The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.… …
24APPROPRIATION — s. f. Action de s approprier une chose. L appropriation d une terre. APPROPRIATION, en termes d ancienne Chimie, L état où sont mis deux corps qui ne peuvent s unir ensemble que par le concours d un troisième corps …
25appropriation — /euh proh pree ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of appropriating. 2. anything appropriated for a special purpose, esp. money. 3. an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use. 4. the money thus authorized: a… …
26appropriation — ap|pro|pri|a|tion [ ə,proupri eıʃn ] noun count or uncount FORMAL 1. ) money that must be used in a particular way, according to an official decision: appropriation for: The budget includes an appropriation of $385 million for infrastructure… …
27appropriation — noun (C, U) 1 the process of saving money for a special purpose, or the money that is saved, especially by a business or government (+ of): the appropriation of $2 million for the new hospital 2 the act of taking control of something without… …
28appropriation — 1) An allocation of the net profit of organizations in its accounts. Some payments may be treated as expenses and deducted before arriving at net profit; other payments are deemed to be appropriations of profit, once that profit has been… …
29appropriation — noun 1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose (Freq. 3) • Topics: ↑legislature, ↑legislative assembly, ↑legislative body, ↑general assembly, ↑law makers • Hypernyms: ↑ …
30Appropriation — Ap|pro|pri|a|ti|on auch: Ap|prop|ri|a|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 Zueignung, Aneignung, Besitzergreifung [zu lat. appropriare „sich zueignen“ <ad „zu“ + proprius „eigen“] * * * Appropriation [zu lateinisch appropriare »zu Eigen machen«] die, / en,… …
