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Antonyms for appropriation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-proh-pree-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃən

Definition of appropriation

Origin :
  • late 14c., "taking (something) as private property," from Late Latin appropriationem (nominative appropriatio) "a making one's own," noun of action from past participle stem of appropriare (see appropriate). Meaning "setting aside for some purpose" (especially of money) first attested 1789 in U.S. Constitution.
  • noun allocation, setting aside
  • noun stealing
Example sentences :
  • How about the blatant person who had declared HE could have gotten the appropriation?
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Who is it that's been sayin' the Honorable Heman Atkins was shirkin' that appropriation?
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I presume you have 'phoned me concerning the appropriation matter.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This proving successful an annual appropriation of $25,000 was made.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • In 1899 she secured an appropriation of $3,000 from the Legislature to aid in its work.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Congress had already made an appropriation of $850,000 to build gunboats.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • We have made such an appropriation in our own time,—despatch and dispatch.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850 » by Various
  • But it was not until 1889-90 that an appropriation therefor was made.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • My conscience would not teach me any wrong-doing in its appropriation.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Magnet » by George Manville Fenn
  • The debt was to be reduced and finally paid by a fixed annual appropriation.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens

Synonyms for appropriation

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