Definition of Entitlement

1. Noun. Right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits). "Entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget"

Generic synonyms: Claim, Title
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Entitle

Definition of Entitlement

1. Noun. the right to have something ¹

2. Noun. something that one is entitled to (or ''believes'' that one is entitled to) ¹

3. Noun. (politics) a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as the Pell Grant and social security in the US. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Entitlement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entitlement

entireties
entirety
entise
entisol
entisols
entitative
entitatively
entitic
entities
entitize
entitized
entitizes
entitizing
entitle
entitled
entitlement (current term)
entitlements
entitles
entitlin'
entitling
entitule
entituled
entity
entity-relationship diagram
entity-relationship diagrams
entity-relationship model
entity-relationship models
entity relationship diagram
entity relationship diagrams
entity–relationship diagram

Literary usage of Entitlement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (1993)
"Eligibility for reservists not activated by Presidential Order, however, expires Oct. 28,1999, entitlement The amount of the VA guaranty available to an ..."

2. Lessons Learned from the California Drought (1987-1992): National Study of ...by Benedykt Dziegielewski, Hari P. Garbharran, John F. Langowski, Jr. by Benedykt Dziegielewski, Hari P. Garbharran, John F. Langowski, Jr. (1997)
"Requests for Additional entitlement Deliveries Approvals of additional entitlement deliveries will not affect previously approved entitlement deliveries. ..."

3. Texas Medicaid in Perspective by Anne Dunkelberg (1995)
"ISSUE: A FEDERAL entitlement CAP? Struggling to get control of the federal ... Growth in an entitlement program like Medicaid depends on several factors: ..."

4. Civil Procedure at Common Law by Alexander Martin (1899)
"entitlement of Term. I " 32. Statement. Sec. 33. Conclusion. SEC. 27. ... entitlement of Term, or Time of Filing. Anciently, when the pleadings were oral, ..."

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