'Claim' definitions:

Definition of 'claim'

(from WordNet)
noun
An assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
noun
An assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
noun
Demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
noun
An informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title]
noun
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" [syn: title, claim]
noun
A demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call, claim]
verb
Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim]
verb
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" [syn: claim, lay claim, arrogate] [ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive]
verb
Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
verb
Lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim]
verb
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" [syn: claim, take, exact]

Definition of 'Claim'

From: GCIDE
  • Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [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. kalei^n 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To proclaim. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Claim'

From: GCIDE
  • Claim \Claim\, v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. [1913 Webster]
  • We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Claim'

From: GCIDE
  • Claim \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A loud call. [Obs.] --Spenser [1913 Webster]
  • To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'claim'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Claim'