Fromentitle +-ment.
entitlement (countable anduncountable,pluralentitlements)
- Theright to have something, whether actual or perceived.
2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, inThe Guardian[1]: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 theentitlement and pointlessness that could have jeopardised the continuity of the crown.
- Power, anauthority to do something.
- Something to which one isentitled.
- (politics) 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 associal security in the US.
the right to have something
—see alsoentitledsomething that one is entitled to
a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government
entitlementoblique singular, m (oblique pluralentitlemenzorentitlementz,nominative singularentitlemenzorentitlementz,nominative pluralentitlement)
- title(name allocated to a document, a work, etc.)
