entitlement program definition
An entitlement is a government program guaranteeing access to some benefit by members of a specific group and based on established rights or by legislation. The term may also reflect a pejorative connotation, as in a sense of entitlement.A right is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social principle, such that an entitlement is a provision made in accordance with a legal framework of a society. right is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social principle, such that an entitlement is a provision made in accordance with a legal framework of a society.