appropriation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations)

1. An act or instance of appropriating.
2. That which is appropriated.
3. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
4. (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
5. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
6. 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.
7. In constitutional law, the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.

Translations

act of appropriating, or something appropriated

• Bulgarian: присвояване (prisvojavane)
• Danish: gå med museskridt
• Dutch: toe-eigening f
• Interlingue:
• Maori: muremurenga (by unfair or illegal means)
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• Portuguese: apropriação (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: aproprijacija (sh) f, usvajanje (sh) n
• Spanish: apropiación (es) f

public funds set aside for a specific purpose

• Danish: bevilling c
• Finnish: määräraha (fi)
• Italian: stanziamento (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bevilgning m or f

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• Portuguese: apropriação (pt) f
• Spanish: crédito de gasto presupuestario m
• Swedish: anslag (sv) n

(art) the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work

• Portuguese: apropriação (pt) f
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(sociology) the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework

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French

Etymology

From Latin appropriātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

appropriation f (plural appropriations)

1. appropriation

Related terms

• approprier

Further reading

• “appropriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.