entitlement

en·ti·tle·ment

E0162300 (ĕn-tīt′l-mənt)n.1. The act or process of entitling.2. The state of being entitled.3. 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).

en•ti•tle•ment

(ɛnˈtaɪ tl mənt)

n. 1. the act of entitling. 2. the state of being entitled. 3. the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program. [1825–35]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

entitlement - right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits); "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget"claim, title - an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

entitlement

noun1. right, claim, due, licence, permission, privilege, prerogative You lose your entitlement to benefit when you start work.2. allowance, grant, quota, ration, allocation, allotment, apportionment such benefits as sick pay, holiday pay and pension entitlement

Translations

权利

entitle

(inˈtaitl) verb1. to give (a person) a right (to, or to do, something). You are not entitled to free school lunches; He was not entitled to borrow money from the cash box. 給...權利/資格 给...权利（资格） 2. to give to (a book etc) as a title or name. a story entitled `The White Horse'. 給(書等)題名 给（书、文章等）题名 enˈtitlement noun 權利 权利