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 .)
Discover MoreFirst recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin appropriātiōn- (stem of appropriātiō ). See appropriate, -ion
Discover MoreIn this way, inspiration becomes appropriation, which leads directly to theft and erasure.
They were equally amazed to learn that Ed Piskor was white, but not a word was said about cultural exploitation or appropriation.
There would probably be a long talk about cultural appropriation if that movie were to come out now with a non-Latino actor.
The grand old empires (including the ones in Africa) were all about rampant interethnic appropriation.
But over time, the concept of cultural appropriation has morphed into a parody of the original idea.
And this act of appropriation, as well as of bearing testimony, he afterwards repeated.
The owner of the corn and hogs made strenuous objections to this appropriation of his property.
When they hear of trouble on the Mountain the selectmen look the other way, and pass an appropriation to beautify the town pump.
The reply was: An annual appropriation so long as the military organization was maintained at the University.
The specific appropriation of some distinctive oath raised the presumption that it implied an unequivocal pledge of sincerity.