appropriation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appropriate
▶adjective /əˈprəʊprɪət/
- 1 suitable; proper.
- 2 archaic assigned to a particular person.
- 1 take for one's own use without permission.
- 2 devote (money) to a special purpose.
– derivatives
appropriately adverb,
appropriateness noun,
appropriation noun,
appropriator noun.
appropriately adverb,
appropriateness noun,
appropriation noun,
appropriator noun.
– origin ME: from late L. appropriat-, appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.
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