appropriation

  • 61Appropriation — 1. The act of setting aside money for a specific purpose. A company or a government appropriates funds in order to delegate cash for the necessities of its business operations. This may occur for any of the functions of a business, including… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 62appropriation — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, adoption, allocation, allotment, annexation, appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, autoplagiarism, boosting, borrowed plumes, borrowing, colonization, conquest, conversion, conveyance, copying,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 63Appropriation —    (lat. = Zueignung), ein Begriff der Trinitäts Theologie, der notwendig wurde, nachdem sich in der westlichen Theologie die Auffassung durchgesetzt hatte, daß Gott ”nach außen“, gegenüber der Welt u. Schöpfung, ein einziges Wirkprinzip ist, das …

    Neues Theologisches Wörterbuch

  • 64Appropriation — Det at tilegne sig …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 65appropriation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of providing money] Syn. allocation, allotment, donation, funding, sponsoring, sponsorship, grant, bestowal, giving, endowing, budgeting, provision, allowance, concession, apportionment, stipulation, shelling out*.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 66Appropriation — Ap|pro|pri|a|ti|on auch: Ap|prop|ri|a|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 Zuneigung, Abneigung, Besitzergreifung [Etym.: <lat. appropriare »sich zuneigen« <ad »zu« + proprius »eigen«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 67Appropriation — Ap|pro|pri|a|ti|on die; , en <aus gleichbed. mlat. appropriatio> Zu , Aneignung, Besitzergreifung …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 68appropriation — ap·pro·pri·a·tion || ə‚prəʊprɪ eɪʃn n. allotment, allocation; seizure, confiscation …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 69appropriation — n. 1. Seizure, capture, taking, taking to one s self. 2. Application, (to a particular use), assignment, devotion, allotment. 3. Sum set apart (for a specific object) …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 70Appropriation — ♦ The conversion of the right of presentation to a rectory into possession of that rectory, usually by a religious house or collegiate church. (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272 1461, 359) …

    Medieval glossary