Appropriation
English Meaning
The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
- The act of appropriating.
- Something appropriated, especially public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
- A legislative act authorizing the expenditure of a designated amount of public funds for a specific purpose.