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entitlement
[ en-tahy-tl-muhnt ]
noun
- the act of giving, or the state of having, a title, right, or claim to something:
She supported legislation to improve the lot of the elderly, including the entitlement of senior citizens to vote by absentee ballot.
- a provision, amount, etc., to which one is entitled; a right:
A good education is the moral entitlement of every child.
Temporary teachers receive most of the entitlements of permanent teachers, including annual salary, on a prorated basis.
- a government program, such as Social Security or unemployment insurance, that provides a benefit to eligible participants, or the benefit provided by such a program:
Eligibility for this insurance program will be affected if there is also a Medicare entitlement.
- the unjustified assumption that one has a right to certain advantages, preferential treatment, etc.:
"Their sense of entitlement—I don't want to call it arrogance—makes dealing with some people difficult,'' said the senator.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of entitlement1
Example Sentences
But is a there a genuine threat to the preservation of a sacred, 90-year-old American promise, given majority support for entitlement programs across party lines?
She added; "This entitlement means they can be where they need to be which is by their baby's bedside."
The Scottish government also said it will end pensioners' universal entitlement to Winter Heating Payment, external.
The Resolution Foundation echoed calls for the government to scrap the two-child benefit limit and wants the government to extend free school meal entitlement to all families on Universal Credit.
Now ministers have said that, in addition, existing claimants will see their entitlement frozen at £97 a week until 2029-30.
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