appropriation
拨款,批款,划拨,拨出的款项
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- : the act of appropriating or taking possession of something, often without permission or consent.
- : anything appropriated for a special purpose, especially money.
- : an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use.
- : the money thus authorized: a large appropriation for aid to libraries.
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Debate over Fed’s powers prove stumbling block to stimulus talksAides close to the negotiations said a short-term bill to extend government funding was unlikely to be approved on Friday, meaning government appropriations would lapse Saturday morning.
It’s closer to tourist cuisine — discovered on trips to the United States and often served to American travelers, or Americans living here — but served with a certain amount of nostalgia and admiration, rather than appropriation.
For these schools, the conversation around Native mascots is about authentic representation rather than appropriation.
Creating multi-year appropriations that provide funding for more than just a single fiscal year could help those programs survive changes in government.
The appropriation was the result of a lawsuit that claimed discriminatory state funding in decades past.
In this way, inspiration becomes appropriation, which leads directly to theft and erasure.
They were equally amazed to learn that Ed Piskor was white, but not a word was said about cultural exploitation or appropriation.
There would probably be a long talk about cultural appropriation if that movie were to come out now with a non-Latino actor.
The grand old empires (including the ones in Africa) were all about rampant interethnic appropriation.
But over time, the concept of cultural appropriation has morphed into a parody of the original idea.
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