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entitlement

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en·ti·tle·ment  (n-ttl-mnt)
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).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.entitlemententitlement - 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
noun
1. 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
entitlement [ɪnˈtaɪtlmənt] Nderecho m
holiday entitlementderecho m a vacaciones
entitlement [ɪnˈtaɪtəlmənt] n
(= right) → droit m
entitlement to sth [+ benefit, leave] → droit à qch holiday entitlement
entitlement
nBerechtigung f(to zu); (to compensation, legal aid, holiday etc) → Anspruch m (→ to auf +acc); what is your holiday entitlement? (Brit) → wie viel Urlaub steht Ihnen zu?
entitlement [ɪnˈtaɪtlmənt] n entitlement (to sth)diritto (a qc)
entitlement [ɪnˈtaɪtlmənt] n entitlement (to sth)diritto (a qc)


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For the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA), a veteran holds a health entitlement card and/or a pension card, or is a war widow/er or dependant holding such cards.
If you listen to CNN or Bloomberg News, you realize all veterans should beware of government entitlement commissions.
This allowed the developers the flexibility and time to choose which entitlement best suited a changing downtown market.
 
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