appropriation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An act or instance of appropriating.

   “Their ties to the area may be based on traditional rather than written claims – but Bir Tawil is not any more a “no man’s land” than the territory once known as British East Africa, where terra nullius was repeatedly invoked in the early 20th century by both chartered companies and the British government that supported them to justify the appropriation of territory from indigenous people.”

2. (countable, uncountable)That which is appropriated.
3. (countable, uncountable)Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.

   “Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS.”

4. (countable, uncountable)The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
5. (countable, uncountable)The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
6. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.