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• Appropriation (music) — In music, appropriation is the use of borrowed elements (aspects or techniques) in the creation of a new piece, and is an example of cultural appropriation. Appropriation may be thought of as one of the placement of elements in new context, as… …   Wikipedia

• Appropriation (law) — In law and government, appropriation (from Latin appropriare , to make one s own , later to ) is the act of something for its application to a particular usage, to the exclusion of all other uses.It typically refers to the legislative designation …   Wikipedia

• appropriation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of providing money] Syn. allocation, allotment, donation, funding, sponsoring, sponsorship, grant, bestowal, giving, endowing, budgeting, provision, allowance, concession, apportionment, stipulation, shelling out*.… …   English dictionary for students

• Cultural appropriation in western music — as a cultural/economic phenomenon is inextricably linked with the invention of sound recording and the development of the international recording industry, but the background to its emergence covers the whole span of modern Western musical… …   Wikipedia

• Advertising Appropriation — The portion of the total marketing budget that is allocated to advertising over a specific time period. The advertising appropriation policy for a company may be based on any one of a number of approaches. For example, spending an amount on… …   Investment dictionary

• allot — allot, assign, apportion, allocate mean to give as one’s share, portion, role, or place. Allot implies more or less arbitrary or haphazard selection and in itself conveys no suggestion of a fair or equal distribution {allotted himself an hour a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• Village communities — The study of village communities has become one of the fundamental methods of discussing the ancient history of institutions. Wales Frederic Seebohm has called our attention to the interesting surveys of Welsh tracts of country made in the 14th… …   Wikipedia

• Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …   Universalium

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division — The Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division of the Federal Works Agency part of the United States government, operating from about 1940 to 1942 under the leadership of Colonel Lawrence Westbrook, was an attempt by the United States Government,… …   Wikipedia