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   appropriation

   /əˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of appropriating something: "dishonest appropriation of property"
   • ▪ the deliberate reworking of images and styles from earlier, well-known works of art: "the hallmark of postmodernism has turned out to be appropriation"
   • 2. a sum of money allocated officially for a particular use: "success in obtaining appropriations for projects"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatio(n-), from appropriare ‘make one's own’ (see appropriate).

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   What is meant by appropriation?

   • Appropriation means allocation to respective heads. When education cess and senior and higher education cess are collected along with income tax, the amount received under these heads needs to be allocated to the respective heads and that is called appropriation.

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   What is a large appropriation?

   • a large appropriation for aid to libraries. The grant of money by a legislature for some specific purpose. The authority to grant appropriations, popularly known as the power of the purse, gives legislatures a powerful check over executive branches and judicial branches, for no public money can be spent without legislative approval.

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   What is an appropriation bill?

   • An appropriation bill or running bill or supply bill is a legislative motion (bill) that authorizes the government to spend money. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money.

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   Is appropriation arbitrary?

   • Appropriation is not merely arbitrary; it is based on our knowledge of the Trinity, which knowledge has its sources and rules in Revelation (Scripture and tradition) and in the analogies which our reason discovers between created things and persons and the Persons of the Trinity as those persons are represented in Revelation.

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   Where did appropriation come from?

   • I, Q, xxxiv, a. 8; H. Dubois, "De Exemplarismo Divino," XII, §4 (Rome, 1897)]. Appropriation as a theological method or theory is of comparatively recent origin. But from the beginning of Christianity, it was used as a spontaneous expression of the Catholic conception of the Trinity.

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   What is cultural appropriation?

   • Cultural appropriation refers to picking and choosing elements of a culture by a member of another culture without permission. Numbers came with no explanation of how the money had been spent or which congressional appropriation it came from. Worse, unilateralist appropriation of shared water resources is endemic where autocrats rule.

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   Appropriation can mean the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission, or the act of taking something such as an idea, custom, or style from a group or culture that you are not a member of. It can also mean an amount of money to be used for a particular purpose, especially by a government.

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     APPROPRIATION meaning: 1. the act of taking something for...

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   Learn the meaning of appropriation as an act or instance of appropriating something, or as a sum of money set aside for a specific use. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for appropriation.

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   Appropriation can mean the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission, or the act of taking something from a group or culture that you are not a member of. It can also mean an amount of money to be used for a particular purpose.

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   Appropriation can mean the act of taking something that belongs to someone else, or the amount of money reserved for a particular purpose. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and usage of appropriation with Collins English Dictionary.

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   The grant of money by a legislature for some specific purpose. The authority to grant appropriations, popularly known as the power of the purse, gives legislatures a powerful check over executive branches and judicial branches, for no public money can be spent without legislative approval.

9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › appropriationAppropriation - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Appropriation is the act of taking something, usually without permission, like stealing your brother's french fries when he is momentarily distracted. Appropriation originally referred to the taking of private property, usually by the government.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionappropriation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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    Appropriation is the act of taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially without permission. It can also mean the act of keeping or saving money for a particular purpose, or a sum of money to be used for a purpose.