Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Word of the week #8

Word: appropriation

Source info: article, "Senate panel's budget spares higher education cuts", The Columbia Daily Tribune

Sentence: State colleges and universities will be spared budget cuts in the coming year, the Senate Appropriations Committee decided this morning.

Definition: droves-noun; the act of appropriating, an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use.

Example: After much debate, the appropriation for solar panels on all house roofs was approved.

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