appropriate /ə-prōˈpri-ət/

1. Suitable (with to or for)
2. Set apart for a purpose
3. Peculiar, specific (with to)

1. To make the private property of someone
2. To take to oneself as one's own
3. To steal
4. To set apart for a purpose, assign (formal or archaic)
5. To suit (with to; archaic)

apprōˈpriately adverb

apprōˈpriateness noun

apprōpriāˈtion noun

1. The act of appropriating
2. The taking of and/or dividing of assets (accounting, etc)
3. The use of a company's after-tax earnings to pay a dividend (finance)
4. The making over of a benefice to a monastery or other corporation
5. The assigning of supplies granted by parliament to particular specified objects
6. The sum of money allocated for spending (eg on a sales promotion)
7. Sometimes used loosely for impropriation

apprōˈpriative adjective

apprōˈpriativeness noun

apprōˈpriātor noun

appropriate technology noun

(the development, adaption or upgrading of) local or locally appropriate industries (eg spinning, weaving, pottery, etc in developing countries) as an alternative to expensive and inappropriate imported technologies

appropriation account noun

An account in a partnership or company which is used to show allocation of profits

appropriation bill noun

A bill stating in some detail how the revenue is to be spent

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