- appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
--1 is a kind of money
--1 has particulars: pork barrel, pork- annexation, appropriation - incorporation by joining or uniting
--2 is a kind of incorporation
- appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition
--3 is a kind of acquiring, getting
--3 has particulars:borrowing, adoption; preemption, pre-emption; seizure; sequestration, requisition - annexation, appropriation - incorporation by joining or uniting