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Synonyms for appropriation
əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃənap·pro·pri·a·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
appropriationnoun
money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
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annexationannexation, appropriationnoun
incorporation by joining or uniting
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annexationappropriationnoun
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"
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annexation
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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 Synonymes
appropriationnoun
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seizure, capture, taking, taking to one's selfappropriationnoun
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application (to a particular use)appropriationnoun
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sum set apart (for a specific object)
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "appropriation":
credit, appropriations, credits, apportionment, ownership, allocation, provision, vote, reliance, allotment, funding
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#437 | credit | |
#1402 | vote | |
#1729 | funding | |
#2462 | credits | |
#2886 | provision | |
#3897 | ownership | |
#5488 | allocation | |
#8851 | reliance | |
#9004 | appropriations | |
#11859 | appropriation | |
#23767 | allotment | |
#27685 | annexation | |
#31178 | apportionment |
How to use appropriation in a sentence?
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.
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.
Governor Snyder’s proposed supplemental appropriation is a down payment on lead pipe removal.
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.'.
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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