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单词 entitlement program
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Definition of entitlement program in US English:

entitlement program

noun
  • A government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Is it even the most important entitlement program we have right now?
    • We're talking about, for instance, lying to Congress about the costs of a huge entitlement program.
    • Welfare as we knew it was an entitlement program that showed a distinct pattern over the business cycle.
    • I am not an advocate of privatizing Social Security, our nation's largest and most successful entitlement program.
    • The program presently costs over $30 billion annually, making it the largest entitlement program in the federal budget, aside from health programs and social security.
    • Not all students and institutions were aware of how the entitlement program works, and some applied for the wrong kind of grant or failed to send required supporting materials.
    • Estimating costs for any entitlement program is difficult because consumer demand for something with no cost to the consumer will prove to be infinitely elastic.
    • This entitlement program is noble but problematic.
    • Social Security is, after all, the linchpin of the American welfare state, the most popular and well-regarded entitlement program.
    • Who could have possibly predicted that a major entitlement program - a major health care entitlement program, no less - would end up costing vastly more than the original budget estimates?
    • The same is true, I would have thought, of creating a massive new federal prescription drug entitlement program that builds in some free market principles.
    • In the absence of such a determination, the suspicion, which I would hope is not correct, arises that this is one more entitlement program.
    • It is almost like prosperity has become another government entitlement program.
    • Medicaid is the third-largest entitlement program, and in the past errors in projecting its costs have been quite large.
    • And spending on health care has skyrocketed, culminating in a brand-new entitlement program whose cost is conservatively estimated at $400 billion.
    • And then there's no entitlement program out there.
    • The prescription drug bill was an expansion of a traditionally liberal entitlement program.
    • Medicare is a popular federal entitlement program that is legislatively sacrosanct.
    • That's the whole point, of course, since the only way to eliminate a popular entitlement program is to gradually remove its broad based support.
    • We call for restoration of a federally funded entitlement program to support children, families, the unemployed, elderly and disabled, with no time limit on benefits.
 
 

Definition of entitlement program in US English:

entitlement program

noun
  • A government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The same is true, I would have thought, of creating a massive new federal prescription drug entitlement program that builds in some free market principles.
    • The prescription drug bill was an expansion of a traditionally liberal entitlement program.
    • Social Security is, after all, the linchpin of the American welfare state, the most popular and well-regarded entitlement program.
    • It is almost like prosperity has become another government entitlement program.
    • I am not an advocate of privatizing Social Security, our nation's largest and most successful entitlement program.
    • And spending on health care has skyrocketed, culminating in a brand-new entitlement program whose cost is conservatively estimated at $400 billion.
    • Medicare is a popular federal entitlement program that is legislatively sacrosanct.
    • We're talking about, for instance, lying to Congress about the costs of a huge entitlement program.
    • Who could have possibly predicted that a major entitlement program - a major health care entitlement program, no less - would end up costing vastly more than the original budget estimates?
    • The program presently costs over $30 billion annually, making it the largest entitlement program in the federal budget, aside from health programs and social security.
    • This entitlement program is noble but problematic.
    • In the absence of such a determination, the suspicion, which I would hope is not correct, arises that this is one more entitlement program.
    • Estimating costs for any entitlement program is difficult because consumer demand for something with no cost to the consumer will prove to be infinitely elastic.
    • Is it even the most important entitlement program we have right now?
    • And then there's no entitlement program out there.
    • We call for restoration of a federally funded entitlement program to support children, families, the unemployed, elderly and disabled, with no time limit on benefits.
    • Not all students and institutions were aware of how the entitlement program works, and some applied for the wrong kind of grant or failed to send required supporting materials.
    • Medicaid is the third-largest entitlement program, and in the past errors in projecting its costs have been quite large.
    • Welfare as we knew it was an entitlement program that showed a distinct pattern over the business cycle.
    • That's the whole point, of course, since the only way to eliminate a popular entitlement program is to gradually remove its broad based support.
 
 
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