Definition for Appropriation:

• The act of setting apart for a special use, or of taking to one self; anything set apart for a special purpose.

Synonyms for Appropriation:

• n.

  •
  • deprive,
  • gift,
  • fund,
  • confiscate,
  • rob,
  • seize,
  • relief,
  • stipend,
  • go off with,
  • cash,
  • remuneration,
  • budget,
  • repossess,
  • benefit,
  • impound,
  • encroach.
  •
  • give.
  •acquisition (noun)
  • claim,
  • catch,
  • gain,
  • procurement,
  • collection,
  • accumulation,
  • addition,
  • annexation.
  •act (noun)
  • appropriation.
  •adoption (noun)
  • taking over,
  • embracings.
  •allocation, setting aside (noun)
  • donation,
  • provision,
  • budgeting,
  • allowance,
  • setting apart,
  • giving,
  • sponsoring,
  • apportionment,
  • concession,
  • Earmarking,
  • Endowing,
  • stipulation.
  •allotment (noun)
  • rake off,
  • piece,
  • piece of action,
  • piece of the action,
  • Measures,
  • cut of pie.
  •annexation (noun)
  • in-corporation,
  • in creases,
  • in-crease,
  • in-creases,
  • in-corporations,
  • in corporation,
  • in corporations,
  • in crease.
  •arrest (noun)
  • preventive custodies,
  • gloms,
  • re-straining,
  • pull ins,
  • protective custodies,
  • re straining,
  • restrainings,
  • sequesterings,
  • pick ups.
  •assignment (noun)
  • de-legation,
  • de terminations,
  • de-termination,
  • de-terminations,
  • de-legations,
  • de legation,
  • de legations,
  • de termination.
  •assumption (noun)
  • shoulderings,
  • under taking,
  • assumings,
  • under takings,
  • under-takings,
  • acceptings,
  • under-taking.
  •capture (noun)
  • acquisition,
  • arrest,
  • occupation,
  • seizure,
  • apprehension.
  •conquest (noun)
  • over throw,
  • defeatings,
  • subjections,
  • over-throw,
  • clean sweeps,
  • sub-duals,
  • conquerings,
  • over-throws,
  • sub-dual,
  • subduals,
  • over throws,
  • sub dual,
  • sub duals.
  •dividend (noun)
  • re turn,
  • re turns,
  • re-turns,
  • Re-turn.
  •donation (noun)
  • do one parts,
  • be quest,
  • pre-sent,
  • do part,
  • be-quests,
  • helping hand largesses,
  • be-quest,
  • writeoff,
  • do one's parts,
  • be quests,
  • pre sent,
  • write offs,
  • re lief,
  • writeoffs,
  • a hands,
  • giftings,
  • re-lief,
  • do ones part,
  • do one part,
  • do parts,
  • pre-sents,
  • do ones parts.
  •embezzlement (noun)
  • mis appropriation,
  • mis-application,
  • purloinings,
  • filchings,
  • thievings,
  • mis appropriations,
  • mis-appropriation,
  • mis application,
  • mis applications,
  • mis-appropriations,
  • pilferings,
  • mis-applications.
  •expropriation (noun)
  • impoundings.
  •plagiarism (noun)
  • cribbings,
  • literary thefts.
  •procurement (noun)
  • pro curing,
  • pro-curing.
  •requisition (noun)
  • re quests,
  • re-quests.
  •stealing (noun)
  • misappropriation,
  • taking,
  • Pilfering,
  • grab.
  •subsidy (noun)
  • financial aids.
  •theft (noun)
  • ripoff,
  • robbings,
  • lootings,
  • muggings.
  •transferal (noun)
  • trans feral,
  • trans-feral.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lump sum,
  • spending money,
  • spending,
  • private means,
  • blood money,
  • seed money,
  • rebate,
  • absorption,
  • coffer,
  • sponsorship,
  • sinking fund,
  • earnest money,
  • slush fund,
  • giveback,
  • bailout,
  • pledge,
  • preemption,
  • independent means,
  • out-of-pocket expenses,
  • private income,
  • arrogation,
  • means,
  • funding,
  • nest egg,
  • war chest,
  • selection,
  • kitty,
  • disposable income.
  •
  • contribution,
  • cash flow,
  • refund,
  • entitlement,
  • amount,
  • purse,
  • bankroll,
  • expenditure,
  • pocketbook,
  • receipt,
  • disbursement,
  • firepower,
  • overspend.
  •
  • bounty,
  • pocket,
  • sum,
  • treasury,
  • gate.
  •
  • figure,
  • reward.
  •
  • credit,
  • change,
  • position.
  •
  • bond,
  • stock.
  •
  • cut,
  • double.
  •
  • support.
  •robbery
  • theft.

Paraphrases for Appropriation:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misappropriation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    requirements, commitments, remarks, refunds, less, allocation, allocations, apportionment, credits, ownership.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    subvention, envelope, allocation, acquisition, affectation, Earmarking, disbursement, apportionment, sum, borrowing, Privatization, ownership, reallocation, diversion, takeover, encroachment, contribution, authorisation, disclosure, allowance, Usurping, dependency, occupation, credence, possession.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    credit, funding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    usurpation, expropriation, confiscation, credit, money, funding, requirement.

Antonyms for Appropriation:

• n.

  • allocation, setting aside
    giving, bestowal, return, refusal, keeping, rejection.

Appropriation Sentence Examples:

• The measures, therefore, adopted to secure that payment consisted in the levy of an internal tax, termed a war tax, and the appropriation of the revenue from imports.

• It may, however, be made permanent by such an appropriation of the product as will re - act to keep the cause alive.

Hypernym for Appropriation:

• n.

  • act
    pre-emption, preemption, borrowing, requisition, sequestration, adoption, seizure.
  • possession
    pork, pork barrel.

Hyponym for Appropriation:

• n.

  • act
    acquiring, getting.
  • possession
    money.