entitlement
pronunciation
How to pronounce entitlement in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtaɪtlmənt]
How to pronounce entitlement in American English:
US [ɛnˈtaɪtlmənt]
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- Noun:
- right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
Word Origin
- entitlement (n.)
- 1823, perhaps in some senses from French entitlement, which was in Old French as "tit;e (of a book), inscription," and later was used in legal language; but also in part a native formation from entitle + -ment. Entitlement culture attested by 1994 (culture of entitlement is from 1989).
Example
- 1. How is he going to trim the huge entitlement programmes ?
- 2. Social security is an entitlement , no different from welfare .
- 3. That absorbs not only the resources of the firm eventually granted the privilege but also those of other firms competing for the same entitlement .
- 4. It should focus on long-term entitlement reform rather than short-term cuts .
- 5. America 's democrats need to accept entitlement cuts and republicans higher taxes .