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Synonyms for appropriation
əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃənap·pro·pri·a·tion

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  1. appropriationnoun

    money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

    Synonyms:
    annexation

  2. annexation, appropriationnoun

    incorporation by joining or uniting

    Synonyms:
    annexation

  3. appropriationnoun

    a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

    "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"

    Synonyms:
    annexation

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  1. columbusing

    columbus "discovering" america, but america discovered columbus.

    claiming miley cyrus invented twerking is columbusing. calling cornrows "boxer braids" are columbusing.

    Submitted by rinat on May 3, 2016  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. appropriationnoun

    Synonyms:
    seizure, capture, taking, taking to one's self

  2. appropriationnoun

    Synonyms:
    application (to a particular use)

  3. appropriationnoun

    Synonyms:
    sum set apart (for a specific object)

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How to use appropriation in a sentence?

  1. Michael Frerichs:

    We’ll make far less in interest than we’ll be paying in interest to the bondholders, i think we need to make these investments in infrastructure, but we're going about it in the wrong order. It seems backwards issuing the bonds and hoping they get an appropriation to spend them.

  2. Tony Gonzales:

    If the administration wants to … not live up to this ruling, then we’re going to have a problem, it may come (to) a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to defund FDA programs that don’t make sense.

  3. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver:

    Governor Snyder’s proposed supplemental appropriation is a down payment on lead pipe removal.

  4. Peyton Reed:

    It's just such a great metaphor. They have built their entire reputation on the backs of someone else's hard work, cultural appropriation has always been a thing from Elvis, The Beatles and everybody who, as [ Isis ] says, is' putting blonde hair on it and calling it something different.'.

  5. Taryn Fenske:

    Senator Pizzo never misses an opportunity for his 15 minutes of fame and is challenging an action on an appropriation he voted for.


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