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nounincorporation by joining or uniting
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"the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit" "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"nouna deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
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nounmoney set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purposetype of:
Definition that contains appropriation
- pork a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
- adoption the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
- borrowing the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
- embezzlement the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- cfo the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
- crossover the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
- misappropriation the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- preemption a prior appropriation of something
- misapplication the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- pre-emption a prior appropriation of something