appropriation

noun7

1. •
   An act or instance of appropriating.
2. •
   The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
3. •
   That which is appropriated.
4. •
   Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.

   • Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the grassroots, and as a result was unable to push legislation and lobby for higher appropriations for AIDS. — 1984
5. •
   The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
6. •
   The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
7. •
   In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.