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ENTITLEMENT: 1a: the state or condition of being entitled 3: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges. Words sometimes have more tha
by maaku 15y ago
ENTITLEMENT:
1a: the state or condition of being entitled
3: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges.
Words sometimes have more than one meaning.
- neutronicus 15y agoMy 1991 copy of the Oxford English Dictionary doesn't have any definition resembling 3, nor does my Tenth Edition Webster's, so whatever source you must have checked must be quite recent.
- betterth 15y agoYour dictionary is 20 years old. It's officially "old" for a language that has evolved dramatically in the past few decades.