/euh proh'pree ay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of appropriating.
2. anything appropriated for a special purpose, esp. money.
3. an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use.
4. the money thus authorized: a large appropriation for aid to libraries.
[ 1325-75; ME ( appropriation- (s. of appropriatio ). See APPROPRIATE, -ION ]