Definition of "entitle" []

• To give a name or title to. (verb-transitive)
• To furnish with a right or claim to something: The coupon entitles the bearer to a 25 percent savings. Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law. (verb-transitive)

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• "Two of the titles entitle "Gold Fever" and "Silver Fever," but it's -- this has done wonders for the book's sales."
• "27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders"
• "I would wish to know if the misfortunes which have happened to you -- misfortunes entirely beyond your control, and which in no degree diminish my regard for you -- I would wish to know if they have not, in some measure, contributed to render you a stranger to the world in which your fortune and your name entitle you to make a conspicuous figure? ""