appropriation
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6.4
- noun
- /əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/
- Formal
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apropiación (presupuestaria)
- This year's federal appropriation for education was significantly higher than last year's.
- an appropriations bill
- authorize appropriations
- authorizations and appropriations
That's the committee that sort of directs funding and appropriations for bill, AKA money for bills.
- That's the committee that sort of directs funding and appropriations for bill, AKA money for bills.
- Now I'm hoping that a lot of the previous appropriations were done under a Democrat controlled Congress.
- However, that fund was established using appropriations, congressional appropriations, which come from, guess what, taxpayer money.
- Or there's also a second, by the way, that program is the Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund, which is backed by taxpayer appropriations.
- And indeed, at the time, the head of defense appropriations in the US Congress didn't much like mathematics.
- Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Tom Harkin of Iowa were chairman and and ranking on the Appropriations subcommittee, and they created the doubling.
Examples
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Public colleges receive this subsidy largely through government appropriations, whereas private colleges rely more heavily on endowments.
Academic text (2011) -
The initial first-year appropriation by Congress for the OAA was a modest $6.5 million.
Academic text (1991) -
How am I supposed to buy a new net without an appropriation?
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The navy approved the project in the hope that it would receive an appropriation later.
Academic text (1999) -
I would like to have the previously approved sum increased by an additional 30 million, bringing the total appropriation to 70 million.
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Congress would legislate a limited creation of money to be spent through direct appropriation.
Academic text (2012) -
When Congress voted to cut airport appropriations, you never even sent in a letter of protest.
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The Mutual Security Act of 1954 authorized an appropriation of up to $30 million for Palestine refugees.
Academic text (1990) -
State and local appropriations have been cut less, and campus efficiencies have kept costs down.
Academic text (2012) -
Since its authorization, the SIF has received an annual Congressional appropriation of approximately $50 to $70 million.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.8
Money saved or set aside for a specific purpose
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2.6
Money that an organization or government gives for a project
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3.5
Money given by a government or group for a specific purpose without payback
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4.6
Money set aside for a specific purpose by an organization
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4.3
An amount of something given for a particular use
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6.7
A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
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5.1
An amount of something given officially for a particular purpose
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1.0
Money available to spend for a specific purpose
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5.8
Money given to a person, school or local government to pay for a specific project
Money set aside for a specific purpose by an organization or government
Compounds
- Formal
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6.7
A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
How Funded
Surface Forms
Morphology
appropriation = appropriate (transparent) = appropriate + ion
Formed by nominalizing the verb 'appropriate' (to set aside/allocate), so the meaning 'an amount set aside' is directly derived.
Etymology
Appropriation comes from the same Latin root proprius meaning 'own', and over time it also came to mean money 'set aside' for a particular use. So an appropriation in a budget is money officially kept for one specific purpose.