appropriation

appropriation
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The act of providing money]
Syn. allocation, allotment, donation, funding, sponsoring, sponsorship, grant, bestowal, giving, endowing, budgeting, provision, allowance, concession, apportionment, stipulation, shelling out*.
Ant. reduction*, curtailment, stoppage.
2. [Money provided]
Syn. stipend, grant, fund, allotment, allowance, allocation, contribution, cash, budget, subscription, benefit, relief, remittance, gift, remuneration, donation, support, subsidy, subvention, pay, the wherewithal.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. allotment allocation, funds, stipend, allowance.
2. seizure capture, confiscation, impounding, stealing, *pirating, commandeering.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something, as a gift, granted for a definite purpose: grant, subsidy, subvention. See GIVE. 2. The act of taking something for oneself: arrogation, assumption, preemption, seizure, usurpation. See GIVE.

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