Full Idea
'Analytically entail' means entail in virtue of the meanings of the expressions involved and rules of inference. So 'Jones bought a house' analytically entails 'Jones bought a building'.
Gist of Idea
Analytical entailments arise from combinations of meanings and inference rules
Source
Amie L. Thomasson (Ordinary Objects [2007], 01.2)
Book Reference
Thomasson,Amie L.: 'Ordinary Objects' [OUP 2010], p.16
A Reaction
Quine wouldn't like this, but it sounds OK to me. Thomasson uses this as a key tool in her claim that common sense objects must exist.