Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of entitling.
- n. The state of being entitled.
- n. A government program that guarantees and provides benefits to a particular group: "fights . . . to preserve victories won a generation ago, like the Medicaid entitlement for the poor” ( Jason DeParle).
Wiktionary
- n. the right to have something
- n. something that one is entitled to
- n. 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 social security in the US.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a right granted by law or contract, especially to financial benefits from the government.
WordNet 3.0
- n. right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
Etymologies
- entitle + -ment (Wiktionary)
Examples
“David Axelrod, a strategist for the president, called Mr. Romney's use of the term "entitlement nation" deeply offensive while speaking with reporters in Manhattan.”
“We've already analyzed the Orwellian strategy behind the phrase "entitlement reform," which is a well-crafted euphemism for "cutting services for the elderly.”
“And the term "entitlement" resonates with that word's other meaning - selfishness and the greedy assumption that one deserves to be served by others as in "he acts so entitled.”
“Because the WebLogic documentation refers more frequently to entitlement than authorization, you will use the term entitlement to describe what a user can and cannot do or access once they have been authenticated.”
“But first, the word 'entitlement' must be stricken from the Social Security debate and replaced with 'Government Secured Retirement Savings' or something similar.”
The Huffington Post: Jim Worth: America's Retirement Insecurity
“I did a poor job explaining this - the entitlement is the scientific knowledge - the average person believes that we, as as a society, are entitled to the scientific knowledge provided by robotic probes.”
“The rightwing critics of Speaker Pelosi also have in mind a form of tax increase – that being a backdoor employment tax increase that they label entitlement reform.”
When Will The National Review Understand “To Spend is to Tax”?
“A bunch of disgruntled feminists whining about not being given their "entitlement" is doing the country little good.”
Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems
“As a former Hillary supporter, a sense of Clinton "entitlement" is the only rationale that appears to explain her behavior.”
“Someday maybe the powers that be will realize that their greed and sense of entitlement is what is killing this country.”
Cafferty: Should House cancel $550 million order for new jets?
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GRE 2014
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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ITRE - energy - general terms
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CONT - general terms
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POL - presidential debates
Some of the catchwords of several presidential debates (Obama-Romney 2012 Denver debate's transcript fully included)
autistic, skyrocket, enroll, taxing, decamp, Depression, niceness, cutback, revenue, fend for, empathy, uninsured and 150 more...
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AFCO - fundamental rights
as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
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• Senses
They told you they're five.
sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, proprioception, balance, temperature, parking, rhythm, business, snow and 68 more...
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Favorites
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And the last first
Words with the first three or more letters repeated at the end, unless all letters are repeated (for those, see Isograms of lengths six, eight and ten). Overlaps are okay (alfalfa, entente), but wo...
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GRE
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Politics
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