| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| |
| entitlement (n.) |
| |
| |
| has come to be widely used in the sense of “something to which you are entitled,” particularly to mean “any of various governmental programs for which people qualify because of poverty, illness, age, or another condition toward which government directs financial or other assistance.” All such programs are called entitlements, and the term is now Standard. See EMPOWERMENT. | 1 |
| |
| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
