1 [U,sing.] (formal or law) the act of taking sth which belongs to sb else, especially without permission:
dishonest appropriation of property * The film company sued them over their appropriation of a cartoon character.
compareMISAPPROPRIATION
2 [U,sing.] (formal) the act of keeping or saving money for a particular purpose:
a meeting to discuss the appropriation of funds
3 [C] (formal) a sum of money to be used for a particular purpose, especially by a government or company:
an appropriation of ｣20000 for payment of debts
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of appropriation come from?
This entry for appropriation is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is appropriation a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, appropriation is tagged as noun.
Does appropriation appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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