appropriation

n. allotment, allocation; seizure, confiscation

Appropriation is the act of taking possession of or assigning purpose to properties or ideas and is important in many topics, including:Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledgeAppropriation (art)Appropriation (music) in reference to the re-use and proliferation of different types of musicAppropriation (economics) origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as landAppropriation (law) as a component of government spendingCultural appropriation is the borrowing, or theft, of an element of cultural expression of one group by another.The tort of appropriation is one form of invasion of privacy.
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Noun
1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
(hypernym) money
(hyponym) pork barrel, pork
(classification) legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly, law-makers
2. incorporation by joining or uniting
(synonym) annexation
(hypernym) incorporation
3. a deliberate act of acquisition
(hypernym) acquiring, getting
(hyponym) borrowing, adoption

n. appropriation; assumption

(n.)
The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
  

(n.)
The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Anything, especially money, thus set apart.