Definitions for: Claim


[n] demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
[n] an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
[n] an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
[n] an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
[n] an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
[n] a demand especially in the phrase"the call of duty"
[v] take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
[v] assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"; "The guru claimed many followers"
[v] lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
[v] ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
[v] demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"



Webster (1913) Definition: Claim (kl[=a]m), v.?. [imp. & p. p. Claimed
(kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen,
claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to
calare to proclaim, Gr. ? to call, Skr. kal to sound, G.
holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority,
right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to
demand as due.

2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser.

3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.

4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]


Claim, v. i.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to
have a claim.

We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one
claims, came by his authority. --Locke.


Claim, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See
Claim, v. t.]
1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on
another for something due or supposed to be due; an
assertion of a right or fact.

2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt,
privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also,
a title to anything which another should give or concede
to, or confer on, the claimant. ``A bar to all claims upon
land.'' --Hallam.

3. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any
one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a
miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia]

4. A loud call. [Obs.] --Spenser

To lay claim to, to demand as a right. ``Doth he lay claim
to thine inheritance?'' --Shak.

Synonyms: arrogate, call, exact, lay claim, take, title

Antonyms: disclaim, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive

See Also: affirm, allegation, allegement, ascribe, ask, assert, assertion, asseveration, assign, aver, averment, avow, bespeak, bespeak, call for, call for, charge, contend, counterclaim, demand, demand, demand, entitlement, insurance claim, involve, legal right, make out, necessitate, need, own right, postulate, pretend, pretension, profess, purport, quest, quest, request, request, require, requisition, right, swan, swear, verify

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