noun

• An act or instance of appropriating.
• That which is appropriated.
• Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
• (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
• (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
• In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
• (constitutional law) The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.