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| 1. | the act of appropriating. |
| 2. | anything appropriated for a special purpose, esp. money. |
| 3. | an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use. |
| 4. | the money thus authorized: a large appropriation for aid to libraries. |
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| appropriation | |
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| 1. | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
| 2. | incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation] |
| 3. | a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" |
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appropriation
The grant of money by a legislature for some specific purpose. The authority to grant appropriations, popularly known as the power of the purse, gives legislatures a powerful check over executive branches and judicial branches, for no public money can be spent without legislative approval. Congress, for example, can approve or reject the annual budget requests of the executive branch for its agencies and programs, thereby influencing both domestic and foreign policy. (See also checks and balances and pork-barrel legislation.)
[Chapter:] American Politics
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