claim
noun
1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
- his claim asked for damages
Definition categories: communication, assertion, asseveration, averment
2. an assertion that something is true or factual
- his claim that he was innocent
- evidence contradicted the government's claims
Definition categories: communication, assertion, asseveration, averment
3. demand for something as rightful or due
- they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
Definition categories: act, demand
4. an informal right to something
- his claim on her attentions
Similar word(s): title
Definition categories: attribute, right
5. an established or recognized right
- a strong legal claim to the property
- he staked his claim
Similar word(s): title
Definition categories: attribute
6. a demand especially in the phrase
Similar word(s): call
Definition categories: communication, demand
verb
1. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
- He claimed that he killed the burglar
Definition categories: communication, affirm
2. 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
Similar word(s): arrogate
Definition categories: possession, bespeak, quest, request
3. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
Definition categories: communication, bespeak, quest, request
4. lay claim to; as of an idea
Similar word(s): take
Definition categories: communication, affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
5. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- the accident claimed three lives
Definition categories: communication, ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take