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entitlements

entitlements is the plural of entitlement.

Meaning of entitlement

Noun

entitlement (countable and uncountable, plural entitlements)

  1. The right to have something.
  2. 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
  3. Power, an authority to do something.
  4. Something to which one is entitled.
  5. 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.

Questions about entitlements

What is entitlements the plural of?
Entitlements is the plural of entitlement.

Words near entitlements in the dictionary

  1. entitled
  2. entitledness
  3. entitlee
  4. entitlees
  5. entitlement
  6. entitlements
  7. entitles
  8. entitlin'
  9. entitling
  10. entitulate
  11. entitulated

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