appropriate for

appropriate for

1. adjective Suitable or proper for one, based on certain conditions like one's age or setting. When "appropriate" is used as an adjective, the last syllable is pronounced "it." Turn that violent cartoon off right now—it's not appropriate for a boy your age! This text is not appropriate for high-schoolers.
2. verb To seize for oneself, often illegally or without the owner's permission. In this usage, a noun appears between "appropriate" and "for." When "appropriate" is used as a verb, the last syllable is pronounced "ate." I can't believe you appropriated my video game system for yourself while I was away! I had money in my wallet, but it seems that some other party guests appropriated it for themselves.
3. To designate for a specific purpose. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "appropriate" and "for." When "appropriate" is used as a verb, the last syllable is pronounced "ate." How much money was appropriated for education initiatives this quarter?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

appropriate something for something

 
1. to allot a certain amount of money for a particular purpose. They will appropriate $10,000 for the exhibit at the fair. A large sum was appropriated for the expenses.
2. Euph. to take something [from someone else] and use it as something else or for a purpose different from what was intended. Walter appropriated a truck for an ambulance. It was necessary to appropriate your laptop for connecting to the Internet.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bulletproof
  • man to man
  • man-to-man
  • muck-raking
  • in-between
  • back and forth
  • do or die
  • do or die, to
  • as as the next man
  • as good, well, etc. as the next person
References in periodicals archive
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It is true that no single tool is appropriate for all long-term care facilities, and that the AHCPR has in fact questioned the validity of the tools that have yet to be extensively tested.
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His efforts, combined with much greater acceptance of ASL as a language suitable and appropriate for the instruction of deaf people, have resulted in the publication of various dictionaries and instructional material on ASL.
Overcoming communication barriers: communicating with deaf people
Some have suggested, however, that in light of Vinson and Wachtell, it may be appropriate for taxpayers to consider the availability of an award of fees.
IRS precluded from requiring retroactive changes in actuarial assumptions
Examples of patients who may be appropriate for rehabilitation at home include those with severe strokes or degenerative central nervous system disorders.
Basic principals
We suggest that this area would also be appropriate for an exemption from the new rules.
Temporary and proposed regulations on the substantiation of charitable contributions
91-1, Hedging Intercompany Foreign Currency Risks, discusses whether hedge accounting is appropriate for hedges of intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies.
Hedging foreign currency risks
A variable annuity will continue to have additional applications when new annuitization features (or the surrender of capital accumulation in exchange for a cashflow stream) are appropriate for specific clients.
Variable annuities and current tax law
Though there seems to be a dramatic shift away from prescribing psychotropic medications to demented residents, often resulting in dramatically improved quality of life, in the rush to implement drug titration programs, facilities have not always been able to determine who is appropriate for reduction and who is not.
Staff training needs related to dementia
A letter or fax is appropriate for nonurgent cases.
A protocol for mutual respect and communication
The librarian may not be heavily involved in the actual writing of the research results but can help identify journal titles appropriate for dissemination.
Meta-analysis: the librarian as a member of an interdisciplinary research team
The Board believes that it is appropriate for regulatory purposes to differentiate between privately negotiated transactions and transactions on exchanges, especially when transactions on exchanges are executed on behalf of third parties, rather than solely between principals.
Statement to Congress
Upon admission, the rehab group must determine which rehab level is most appropriate for the resident based on diagnosis, length of stay, and discharge plans as well as the fiscal realities of RUG III reimbursement rates.
Rehabilitating your rehab
* Are sites appropriate for the skill level of campers?
Reducing rock climbing risks
Thus, TEI suggests that the second sentence be modified by replacing 'should" with "may." In addition, the OECD should clarify that it is also appropriate for such licensing receipts to be included in the allocation formula with sales, rather than deducted from the sharable costs.
OECD draft transfer pricing guidelines