appropriation

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations)

An act or instance of appropriating.
That which is appropriated.
Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
(art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
(sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.

Translations

act of appropriating, or something appropriated

Bulgarian: присвояване (prisvojavane)
Dutch: toe-eigening f
Portuguese: apropriação (pt) f

Serbo-Croatian: aproprijacija (sh) f, usvajanje (sh) n
Spanish: apropiación f

public funds set aside for a specific purpose

Finnish: määräraha (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bevilgning m, f

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

(sociology) the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework

French

Noun

appropriation f (plural appropriations)

appropriation

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