appropriations

NOUN

allocation, setting aside

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allotment allowance donation funding grant provision stipend subsidy

STRONG

apportionment assignment concession giving stipulation

WEAK

budgeting earmarking endowing setting apart sponsoring

Antonyms

WEAK

bestowal keeping refusal rejection return

NOUN

stealing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confiscation embezzlement expropriation misappropriation

STRONG

grab seizure takeover taking usurpation

WEAK

pilfering

Antonyms

WEAK

bestowal giving keeping refusal rejection return

Example Sentences

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Courts Director Robert Conrad will testify before an appropriations subcommittee this summer; members should question him about workplace conduct.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

And there was an incident this week while McConnell was chairing his defense appropriations subcommittee hearing.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

Comer called on Congress to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has been in a tenuous position since February, when appropriations lapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But Ward’s effort to revive his program last year failed to pass the Assembly appropriations committee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The statements made by Department witnesses seeking appropriations were not in accord with those contained in key publications of the Agriculture Department.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson