appropriable

9.1

Can be legally taken and used for a particular purpose

adjective
/əˈproʊpriəbl/

Formal

: apropiable

The funds from the grant are appropriable for community development projects.

Examples

Certain resources are appropriable when they can be used by organizations for specific goals.
In a leased building, the energy cost savings of an energy investment are not directly appropriable by an investor.

Academic text (1991)
Appropriable theories, ideas that capture the imagination of the culture at large, tend to be those with which people can become actively involved.

Academic text (1997)
The designer created an appropriable set of guidelines that anyone can follow for their projects.

Synonyms

assignable

vsappropriable

Formal

1 6.9

Can be transferred by law to another person

is taken for use by authority rather than being transferred between owners

acquirable

vsappropriable

4.9

Something you can get by buying or learning

is able to be taken for use by authority or specific purpose

ownable

vsappropriable

Specialized

5.0

Able to be legally kept by someone

is taken for use by authority rather than held as legal property

How Appropriable

appropriable

Formal

9.1

assignable

1 4.2

severable

1 7.9

protected

1 2.0

inalienable

Formal

18 8.0

Surface Forms

appropriable positive

Morphology

appropriable = appropriate (transparent) = appropriate + able

The adjective is formed from the verb 'appropriate' with the productive suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of being', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Appropriable comes from appropriate, which means 'to take as your own' and is related to everyday words like property and proper, which mean 'own'. So something appropriable is able to be taken or used as someone's own, often by an authority or for a specific purpose.