appropriations
noun
Meaning
- An act or instance of appropriating.
- That which is appropriated.
- Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
- The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
- The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
- In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
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