reappropriation
noun [ C or U ] formal uk/ˌriː.ə.prəʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌriː.ə.proʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/
重新调配款项;重新定位
the act of reappropriating something (= taking it back or using it in a new or different way), or something, especially money, that is reappropriated
The historian was able to identify the perseverance and reappropriation of medieval practices. 这位历史学家得以断定，中世纪的一些做法在后世被继续沿袭并做他用。
The reappropriations represent unspent money from past budgets.
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- He will submit legislation calling for reappropriation of all funds expiring next month.
- The book is original intellectual reappropriation of the content of Christian dogma.
- The Legislature had not authorized $54 billion in reappropriations from previous years.