different between appropriation vs encumbrance

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?o?p?i?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations)

1. An act or instance of appropriating.
2. That which is appropriated.
3. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
4. (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
5. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
6. 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.
7. In constitutional law, the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.

Translations

References

• appropriation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• appropriation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• appropriation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin appropri?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

appropriation f (plural appropriations)

1. appropriation

Related terms

• approprier

Further reading

• “appropriation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• incumbrance

Etymology

From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer.

Noun

encumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural encumbrances)

1. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.

   • Some consideration was necessary to decide whether or not to leave his rifle there. On the return, carrying the girl and a pack, it would be added encumbrance […]

2. (law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
3. (law) One who is dependent on another.

   a widow without encumbrances, i.e. without children

Synonyms

• encumberment

Translations

Verb

encumbrance (third-person singular simple present encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing, simple past and past participle encumbranced)

1. (law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.).