The phrase "actual entitlement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the specific rights or claims that someone has, often in legal or formal situations.
Example: "The actual entitlement to the property was disputed in court, leading to a lengthy legal battle."
Alternatives: "true entitlement" or "genuine entitlement".
Ranting about Obamacare, which one New Hampshire politician recently compared to the Fugitive Slave Act, is an excellent way to give the impression that you're fighting to reduce entitlements without having to do anything about the actual entitlements.
Similarly, although weekends may seem like a basic right for those over 18, the actual legal entitlement is only one day off per working week – however young workers have a statutory right to two days.
Moreover, because of employment at graduate nurse level, not RN, many IENs stated that their actual salary entitlements were lower than those included in their signed contract.
The ORR said it would closely monitor train companies to ensure the improvements were delivered, including working with watchdog Transport Focus on a compensation survey of 8,000 passengers to establish the depth of the gap between entitlements and actual payouts.
The main formal barrier identified in this study were restrictions on medical rights as undocumented migrants' only formal option for non-emergency care is through the Danish Immigration Service which de facto is not an option, leaving limited possibilities for healthcare and revealing discrepancies between entitlements and actual access.
I'm simply saying that there is a gap that has opened up between the promises and entitlements and the actual pace of growth, and closing that gap is going to be a challenge.
A number of authors further distinguish between official health service coverage, defined in terms of entitlement to services, and actual effective coverage, defined in terms of real access and utilization of health services according to need [ 13, 44, 51].
Wholesale redundancies may seem prudent but the human cost is high and redundancy entitlements may delay any actual realisation of savings.
It appears, then, that difficulties confront the attempt to justify desert claims by appeal to claims about the entitlements created by institutions, actual or ideal.
An important determinant of the actual duration of vacation is the vacation entitlement (cf. Ohtake 2003, Altonji and Usui 2007 and Schnitzlein 2012).
