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• entitlement program — en titlement .program also entitlement n a US government programme or system that gives money or help to people who need it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• entitlement program — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. benefit program, government benefit, government assistance, social security, relief program, welfare program, social program, *safety net. see government, politics …   English dictionary for students

• entitlement program — en titlement ,program noun count AMERICAN a government program that provides money or care for people who are old, sick, or unemployed …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• entitlement — en·ti·tle·ment n 1: the state or condition of being entitled: claim evidence of victim s entitlement to money seized National Law Journal 2: a right to benefits that is granted esp. by law or contract (as an insurance policy) ◇ Some courts have… …   Law dictionary

• Entitlement Theory — is a theory of private property created by Robert Nozick in his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia . The theory is Nozick s attempt to describe justice in holdings (Nozick 1974:150) or what can be said about and done with the property people own… …   Wikipedia

• entitlement — noun Date: 1942 1. a. the state or condition of being entitled ; right b. a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract 2. a government program providing benefits to members of a specified group; also funds supporting or distributed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• entitlement — /en tuy tl meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of entitling. 2. the state of being entitled. 3. the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program, as Social Security or unemployment compensation. [1825 35; ENTITLE + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

• entitlement — en•ti•tle•ment [[t]ɛnˈtaɪ tl mənt[/t]] n. 1) the act of entitling 2) the state of being entitled 3) gov the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program • Etymology: 1825–35 …   From formal English to slang

• State Children's Health Insurance Program — The State Children s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – later known more simply as the Children s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)[1] – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching… …   Wikipedia

• Unit Deployment Program — To reduce the number of unaccompanied tours and improve unit continuity, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, (CMC) established the Unit Deployment Program (UDP) to provide for the deployment of units to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) for periods… …   Wikipedia