appropriation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
Types & categories
- money hypernym
- pork barrel hyponym
Related & opposite
- legislature domain topic
Sense 2 noun
incorporation by joining or uniting
Types & categories
- incorporation hypernym
Related & opposite
- annexational derivation
Sense 3 noun
a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit
Types & categories
- acquiring hypernym
- borrowing hyponym
- preemption hyponym
- seizure hyponym
- requisition hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | legislature |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | money |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pork barrel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annexational |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | incorporation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquiring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | borrowing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | preemption |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | seizure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | requisition |