entitlement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English entitle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entitlement From entitle + -ment.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The right to have something.
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(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.
2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in The Guardian:
- (countable, uncountable) Power, an authority to do something.
- (countable, uncountable) Something to which one is entitled.
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entitlements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overentitlement · disentitlement · underentitlement
Translations (36)
de Berechtigung (the right to have something) · fr droit (something that one is entitled to) · no rett (the right to have something) · fr revendication (something that one is entitled to) · cs nárok (the right to have something) · es potestad (power, authority to do something) · fr allocation (a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government) · hu jogosultság (the right to have something) · pt poder (power, authority to do something) · pt direito (the right to have something) · nl recht op (the right to have something) · pt poder (the right to have something) · es fuero (the right to have something) · de Anspruch (the right to have something) · cs oprávnění (something that one is entitled to) · ru посо́бие (a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government) · pt alocação (a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government) · es fuer (the right to have something) · pt ter o direito de (the right to have something) · hu igényjogosultság (the right to have something) · pt ter direito a (the right to have something) · sv anspråk (the right to have something) · ru пра́во (the right to have something) · fi oikeutus (the right to have something) · pt direito (something that one is entitled to) · nl uitkering (a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government) · eo pretendo (the right to have something) · eo rajto (power, authority to do something) · nl aanspraak (something that one is entitled to) · es jur (power, authority to do something) · pt reivindicação (something that one is entitled to) · eo povo (power, authority to do something) · fi etuus (something that one is entitled to) · de Anspruch (something that one is entitled to) · fr (avoir) droit sur (the right to have something) · sv anspråk (something that one is entitled to)