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ENTITLEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does entitlement mean?
• ENTITLEMENT (noun)
The noun ENTITLEMENT has 1 sense:
1. right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
Familiarity information: ENTITLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget
Hypernyms ("entitlement" is a kind of...):
claim; title (an established or recognized right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
entitle (give the right to)
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