state of having a right or claim to something
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Entitlement Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
See Apportionment.
By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.Entitlement Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An entitlement is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation. A "right" is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social principle, such that an "entitlement" is a provision made in accordance with legal framework of a society. Typically, entitlements are laws based on concepts of principle ("rights") which are themselves based in concepts of social equality or enfranchisement.
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Entitlement Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits); "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget"
(hypernym) title, claim
(derivation) entitle
(classification) law, jurisprudence
