entitlements

noun

plural of entitlement
as in subsidies
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action entitlements to local school districts

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Recent Examples of entitlements All the austerity options—cutting spending, reforming entitlements, or raising taxes are measures politicians are reluctant to embrace before an election. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 That structure draws on capabilities Lowery Company has used across its broader development work, from feasibility and site acquisition through entitlements, design coordination, construction management and operations. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 In a Microsoft Fabric and Power BI estate, OneLake security, sensitivity labels and row-level security let entitlements travel with the data rather than depending on each AI front end to behave. — Leon Gordon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Matt Tapp, director of acquisitions and entitlements at Griffin Riley, said Monday that the project represents several years of close collaboration with city officials. — Ilana Arougheti july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 Public safety, education and child care, and protecting seniors’ entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. — Brent Andersen, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 The property also offers pre-WDO (Pre-Winery Definition Ordinance) entitlements supporting future expansion opportunities. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026 Soaring interest rates and entitlements drive debt toward disaster. — Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 8 June 2026 The fact that there was a legal dispute over these entitlements, with the workers and the State of New York on one side and the platforms on the other, demonstrates the political stakes of their struggle. — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entitlements
  1. subsidies
  2. grants
  3. allotments
Noun
  • Quantifying the cost of disruptions — from fuel subsidies and emergency imports to lost output and idle workers — would make the case for resilience more tangible.
    — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Those companies currently operate the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets, which have proven reliable but are only marginally competitive, even with the assistance of government subsidies.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of subsidies
Noun
  • Les Dames d’Escoffier International is dedicated to supporting the next generation through scholarships, grants, mentoring and community engagement.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The administration also ended grants that sent tens of millions of dollars a year to Cal State and community college campuses that provide academic and mentoring support that serve a high percentage of Latino students.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of grants
Noun
  • Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
Definition of allotments

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“Entitlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entitlements. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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