appropriations
Funds set aside
Appropriations are funds officially set aside for a specific purpose, especially by a legislative body.
Government budgets move through appropriations committees that allocate money to departments and programs: The defense appropriations bill passed the Senate.
The singular appropriation can mean any act of taking something for one's own use, sometimes without permission: the appropriation of indigenous cultural symbols.
Supplying monetary resources
- budgetPlan for spending
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- billAmount owed, written
- allocationDistribution of shares
earmark · spending · fiscal · authorization · omnibus · discretionary · mandatory · subcommittee
Allocation across recipients
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
provision · quota · share · rationing · divvying · assignment · designation · partitioning
Unlawful taking of property
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- diversionRedirection of attention
pilfering · exploitation · plagiarism · usurpation · commandeering · requisition · taking · hijacking
funding
Supplying monetary resources
allocation · earmark · spending · fiscal · authorization · omnibus · discretionary · mandatory · subcommittee · rider
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- disbursementDistribution of funds
earmarking · provision · quota · share · rationing · divvying · assignment · designation · partitioning · carve-out
theft
Unlawful taking of property
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- confiscationSeizure by authority
diversion · pilfering · exploitation · plagiarism · usurpation · commandeering · requisition · taking · hijacking
borrowing
Temporary taking of another's
- remixAltered version of recording
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- recontextualizationShifting meaning through setting
homage · influence · citation · reference · pastiche · collage · mashup · fusion · hybridity · syncretism
- Congressional Documentscommittee reports, congressional inquiries, minority reports, investigative reports, committee findings
- defense procurementdefense contracts, military procurement, military contracts, defense contracting, government contracts
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
- budgetsbudget, budgets, annual budget, capital budget, cash budget
appropriationsrescissions
Formal annulments of agreements
returns · clawbacks · impoundments · defunding · refunds
appropriationsrestitution
Restoring what was lost
restoration · relinquishment · surrender · return · giving back
- cultural appropriationMisusing another group's traditions
- appropriations billLegislation authorizing government expenditures
- appropriations committeeLegislative panel allocating funds