appropriation

Noun

• An act or instance of appropriating.
• That which is appropriated.
• Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
• The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
• 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.
• In constitutional law, the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.