Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appropriation

3 senses of appropriation

Sense 1
appropriation -- (money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose)
       => money -- (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us")

Sense 2
annexation, appropriation -- (incorporation by joining or uniting)
       => incorporation -- (including by incorporating)

Sense 3
appropriation -- (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")
       => acquiring, getting -- (the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving")