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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You write that she is “helicopter-dumping cash” from her perch as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, funding things like diabetes research and small-town breakwaters across Maine.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Mullin faced the Senate Appropriations Committee amid scrutiny over the agency’s budget and immigration enforcement ahead of the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Testifying at a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Hegseth was asked: “When can you share more formal accounting on the cost of the war with Congress and with this committee?”

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

This week, pressed by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., during an appearance before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Patel denied any such targeting campaign.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

With the war over, Garfield moved to the Appropriations Committee, which monitored the government's finances and spending.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow