appro

American

[ap-roh] / ˈæp roʊ /

noun

British Informal.

(of a purchase) approval.

on appro.

appro British

/ ˈæprəʊ /

noun

an informal shortening of approval

on appro

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Etymology

Origin of appro

First recorded in 1870–75; appr(oval) + -o

Example Sentences

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In 1931 he ran the biggest circulating municipal library in the U. S., with 16,000,000 issues, but with declining appro priations Chicago's has yielded to Los Angeles' and New York's.

From Time Magazine Archive

"If you wish, sir, I will make a list," he ventured further, "and the proper firms will send persons to bring things down from London on appro."

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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