Appropriation Bill

Definition: Appropriation Bill

Appropriation Bill

Noun

1. A legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose.

Crosswords: Appropriation Bill

English words defined with "appropriation bill": line item. (references)

Specialty definitions using "appropriation bill": Blue Pencil ♦ continuing resolution ♦ Fiscal Bill. (references)

Specialty Definition: Appropriation Bill

An appropriation bill is a legislative motion which authorizes the government to spend money. In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money.

The defeat of an Appropriation Bill in a parliamentary vote is generally seen as a Loss of Supply, necessitating either a resignation of a government or the calling of a general election.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Appropriation Bill

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Anagrams: Appropriation Bill

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-i-i-l-l-n-o-o-p-p-p-r-r-t"
	-4 letters: appropriation.
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Alternative Orthography: Appropriation Bill

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 70 70 72 6F 70 72 69 61 74 69 6F 6E 42 69 6C 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01110010 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000010 01101001 01101100 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 0070 0072 006F 0070 0072 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0042 0069 006C 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
appropriation bill	7
appropriation bill defense	3
2004 appropriation bill	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Appropriation Bill

Definition: Appropriation Bill