exact meaning of "appropriate"

[kjc0123]

What is the exact meaning of the word "appropriate" in this sentence, "The president asked Congress to provide $400 million for economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey, and the money was appropriated."?

[rja211077]

the money was set aside for that specific use

[Quizmonster]

One of the meanings of 'appropriate', when used as a verb, is 'to take'. For example, criminals in Britain may now have their ill-gotten property 'appropriated' by the authorities. In your example, Congress 'took' the money from a particular government fund to pay for what the President had asked. As RJA says above, it also implies that the money was 'set aside'.

[NoGood Boyo]

An interesting aspect to this question is that the negative can also apply: "mis-appropriated", which may have been the original text?

[Lal]

appropriated, condemned, confiscate, confiscated, seized, taken_over taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"