nnoun.possessionmoney set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purposeTopic:general assemblylaw-makerslegislative assemblylegislative bodylegislature
Hypernyms:money
Inherited Hypernyms:appropriationmoneymedium of exchangestandardsystem of measurementmeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:porkpork barrel
Full Hyponyms:pork barrel
nnoun.actincorporation by joining or unitingSynset:annexation
Derivationally Related Form:annexational
Hypernyms:incorporation
Inherited Hypernyms:annexationincorporationinclusionincreasechange of magnitudechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.acta deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the ownerExamples:- 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
Hypernyms:acquiring getting
Inherited Hypernyms:appropriationacquiringacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:adoptionborrowingpre-emptionpreemptionrequisitionseizuresequestration
Full Hyponyms:borrowingconfiscationcrossoverdistressdrug bustexpropriationimpoundmentimpressmisappropriationnaturalizationpreemptionrecaptureseizuresequestration