appropriation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English appropriacion, appropriacioun, from Medieval Latin appropriātiō. By surface analysis, appropriate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: ap‧pro‧pri‧a‧tion === 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. 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. (constitutional law) The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “appropriation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. appropriation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “appropriation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin appropriātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.pʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ Hyphenation: ap‧pro‧pri‧a‧tion === Noun === appropriation f (plural appropriations) appropriation ==== Related terms ==== approprier === Further reading === “appropriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012