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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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of entitlement1
Example Sentences
Yet the hardest challenges—reducing the national debt, strengthening the workforce and restoring upward mobility—demand effort, not entitlement.
Labour chair of the Education Select Committee, Helen Hayes, has joined campaigners saying this entitlement must stay in place.
By turning caste into a ledger of entitlements and grievances, the census reduces politics to arithmetic - who gets how much - rather than addressing what Mr Teltumbde calls the "architecture of social injustice".
This is a far better use of his political energy than targeting the filibuster, which is a bulwark against ever-more entitlements.
Access to America’s ports — like access to its markets — is a privilege, not an entitlement.
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