apportionment vs appropriation

apportionment

noun
  • The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. 

  • The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. 

  • The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. 

appropriation

noun
  • An act or instance of appropriating. 

  • The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature. 

  • That which is appropriated. 

  • Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. 

  • The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work. 

  • The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework. 

  • In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish. 

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