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noun

The definition of appropriation is a direction which is given that money is to be spent for a certain purpose.

An example of an appropriation is a state budget fund that is earmarked for education.
An example of an appropriation is a certain amount of profits that a company may decide to make available for a capital expenditure, such as a new building.
An example of an appropriation is when the United States Congress makes money available from the budget for military operations.

appropriation

an appropriating or being appropriated
[often pl.] a thing appropriated; esp., money set aside for a specific use

appropriation

noun

The act of appropriating.
a. Something appropriated, especially public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
b. A legislative act authorizing the expenditure of a designated amount of public funds for a specific purpose.

appropriation

Noun

(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.

appropriation - Legal Definition

n

The taking of control or possession of property, especially the government’s taking of private property for a public purpose.
The act by a legislative body to designate or set aside public funds for a government expenditure.
In tort law, the taking of the name or likeness of one person by another for a commercial purpose. It is considered an invasion of privacy.

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Delaware College (non-sectarian) at Newark, founded in 1833 as Newark College and rechartered, after suspension from 1859 to 1870, under the present name, as a state institution, derives most of its financial support from the United States Land Grant of 1862 and the supplementary appropriation of 1890, and is the seat of an agricultural experiment station, established in 1888 under the so-called " Hatch Bill " of 1887.
He has a veto power extending to items in appropriation bills, which may be overcome by a two-thirds' vote in each house.
He may veto appropriation bills by items, but any of his vetoes may be overruled by a two-thirds vote of each house.
Maryland supports no state university, but Johns Hopkins University, one of the leading institutions of its kind in the country, receives $25,000 a year from the state; the medical department of the university of Maryland receives an annual appropriation of about $2500, and St John's College, the academic department of the university of Maryland, receives from the state $13,000 annually and gives for each county in the state one free scholarship and one scholarship covering all expenses.
Revenue or appropriation bills originate in the House of Representatives, but may be amended by the Senate.

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