appropriation

the appropriation of parish funds.

the appropriation of public money for a new hospital

Our government made an appropriation for the project.

The new appropriations bill could mean a larger paycheck for state employees.

The appropriations committee, suddenly and ill-advisedly parsimonious, cut funds for assistance to the disadvantaged.

They sat on appropriation plans until they were certain which way winds were blowing.

Li, Sher-Shiueh. European Literature in Late Ming China: A Study of Jesuit Appropriation of Greco-Roman Lore through the Medieval Tradition of European Exempla.

However, issues of cultural appropriation and exclusiveness persist even now.

But he says he's not going back on the appropriation of land.

He wants to do appropriation bills; I want to do appropriation bills. And there is no reason we can't.

People in Japan have reacted with anger and have accused Kardashian of cultural appropriation.

And jazz music is the American version of that appropriation of something European.

We got our hands full here, trying to get through the appropriations process.

Just to make it clear, a government shutdown happens when appropriations run out.

Whether that appropriation serves the greater good should at least be a matter of debate.

The appropriation of non-Western norms by Westerners is also part of the dangers of colonialism.

Congress also has the power to control how the government spends its money, known as appropriations.