APPANAGE


Meaning of APPANAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also a·pa·nage ˈa-pə-nij

Etymology: French apanage, from Old French, from apaner to provide for a younger offspring, from Medieval Latin appanare, from Latin ad- + panis bread — more at food

Date: 1602

1.

a. : a grant (as of land or revenue) made by a sovereign or a legislative body to a dependent member of the royal family or a principal vassal

b. : a property or privilege appropriated to or by a person as something due

2. : a rightful endowment or adjunct

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.