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entitlement

  • /ənˈtaɪtəlmənt/

noun entitlements

  1. countable, uncountable The right to have something.
  2. countable, uncountable A person's perceived but unjustified right to something; a tendency to claim what one does not deserve. The auxiliary members of the royal family often have the greatest capacity to inflame public scepticism about monarchy, and Prince Harry once seemed determined to personify the entitlement and pointlessness that could have jeopardised the continuity of the crown.
  3. countable, uncountable Power, an authority to do something.
  4. countable, uncountable Something to which one is entitled.
  5. countable, uncountable A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: entitled, authority, droit, duty, permission, authorization, granting, legitimization, legitimation, grant, claim, endowment, legal, eligibility, authorisation, eligible

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noun the right to have something

Españolfuero, fuer
Portuguêsdireito, poder, ter direito a, ter o direito de
Français(avoir) droit sur
DeutschAnspruch, Berechtigung
Русскийпра́во právo

noun power, authority to do something

Españolpotestad, jur
Portuguêspoder

noun something that one is entitled to

Portuguêsreivindicação, direito
Françaisrevendication, droit
DeutschAnspruch

noun a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government

Portuguêsalocação
Françaisallocation
Русскийпосо́бие posóbije

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@misc{entitlement_2026,
  title = {entitlement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/entitlement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}