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The term entitlement means something for nothing.
The term "entitlement law" refers to a section of law which provides entitlement authority.
In elite circles, the term "entitlement" has acquired a pejorative tone, but there is another way to look at it.
Robert Keith, a budget historian formerly at the Congressional Research Service, said the term entitlement first appeared in the 1950s to describe Social Security and veterans and education benefits, and was in common use by the 1970s, after Medicare and Medicaid were created.
In a casual sense, the term "entitlement" refers to a notion or belief that one (or oneself) is deserving of some particular reward or benefit — if given without deeper legal or principled cause, the term is often given with pejorative connotation (e.g. a "sense of entitlement").
In a casual sense, the term "entitlement" refers to a notion or belief that one (or oneself) is deserving of some particular reward or benefit if given without deeper legal or principled cause, the term is often given with pejorative connotation (e.g. a "sense of entitlement").
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Turnbull said he did not like the term "entitlements", arguing MPs should consider them to be business expenses to be used prudently and responsibly.
Because Americans disapprove of government handouts, we don't even call the welfare state by its proper name, preferring the blander term "entitlements" (the label used by Eberstadt).
The term "entitlements" is encrusted with negative connotations, although it denotes something very close to rights -- things to which citizens are entitled.
It should focus on long-term entitlement reform rather than short-term cuts.
It is important for us to deal with our long-term entitlement spending.
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