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# entitlement

noun (an entitlement, entitlements; also uncountable)

«entitlement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An entitlement is something you have a right to have or do, like holiday time or free meals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#m1)
2. Entitlement can mean the feeling that you deserve special treatment, even when you do not; this sense is disapproving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and formal speech: holiday entitlement, benefit entitlement. In stories a spoiled character may show a sense of entitlement. In maths: entitlement may be a number of days or an amount of money to work out. Phrases: holiday entitlement, sense of entitlement, entitlement to.

### Examples

- Workers have an entitlement of 25 days' holiday a year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#x1)
- Pupils from low-income families have an entitlement to free meals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#x2)
- His sense of entitlement annoyed everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#x3)
- Check your entitlement before you apply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#x4)
- She used all her holiday entitlement in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#x5)
- The spoiled prince acted with entitlement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/#x6)

### Note

Comes from "entitled" (having a right to). Countable or uncountable. Careful: "entitled" can also mean behaving as if you deserve more, which is a criticism. In maths: entitlement minus days used = days left.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entitlement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entitlement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entitlement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entitlement.html) on Mova free.