All appropriation synonyms
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A a noun appropriation
- funding — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- subsidy — a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- confiscation — to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
- misappropriation — to put to a wrong use.
- giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.
- concession — If you make a concession to someone, you agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict.
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- taking — the act of taking.
- usurpation — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- seizure — the act or an instance of seizing.
- takeover — the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
- budgeting — financial planning
- sponsoring — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- pilfering — stealing, petty theft
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- arrogation — to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- annexation — the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
- adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.