appropriation bill

1. 1.

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

   Broaderbill

   Partsline item

   law

Questions about appropriation bill

What does appropriation bill mean?

appropriation bill means "a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose".

Is appropriation bill a common word?

appropriation bill is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.