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claim
[kleym] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance. |
| 2. | to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to: to claim payment for services. |
| 3. | to assert or maintain as a fact: She claimed that he was telling the truth. |
| 4. | to require as due or fitting: to claim respect. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to make or file a claim: to claim for additional compensation. |
–noun
—Idiom| 6. | a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right: He made unreasonable claims on the doctor's time. |
| 7. | an assertion of something as a fact: He made no claims to originality. |
| 8. | a right to claim or demand; a just title to something: His claim to the heavyweight title is disputed. |
| 9. | something that is claimed, esp. a piece of public land for which formal request is made for mining or other purposes. |
| 10. | a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy, a workers' compensation law, etc.: We filed a claim for compensation from the company. |
| 11. | lay claim to, to declare oneself entitled to: I have never laid claim to being an expert in tax laws. |
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME claimen < AF, OF claimer < L clāmāre to cry out; (n.) ME < AF, OF cla(i)me, n. deriv. of the v.
1250–1300; (v.) ME claimen < AF, OF claimer < L clāmāre to cry out; (n.) ME < AF, OF cla(i)me, n. deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
claim⋅a⋅ble, adjective
claimless, adjective
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| claim (klām) tr.v. claimed, claim·ing, claims
[Middle English claimen, from Old French clamer, claim-, from Latin clāmāre, to call; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.] claim'a·ble adj., claim'er n. Synonyms: These nouns refer to a legitimate or asserted right to demand something as one's due: had a legal claim to the property; makes no pretense to scholarliness; justified pretensions to the presidency; has no title to our thanks. See Also Synonyms at demand. |
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Claim
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
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
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : claim
Spanish:
afirmar,
German:
behaupten,
Japanese:
主張する
claim
c.1300, from O.Fr. clamer "to call, claim," from L. clamare "to cry out, shout," from PIE *kla-, *kele- "to shout," onomatopoeic (cf. Gk. kikleskein "to call," O.E. hlowan "make a noise like a cow"). The noun meaning "piece of land allotted and taken" (chiefly U.S. and Australia, in reference to mining) is from 1851. Claim properly should not stray too far from its true meaning of "to demand recognition of a right." Insurance sense is from 1878.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: claim
Function: noun
Etymology: Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim
1 a : a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specifically : a demand for a benefit (as under the workers' compensation law) or contractual payment (as under an insurance policy) b : a paper embodying such a demand
2 : a title to something (as a debt or privilege) in the possession of another
3 a : a right to seek a judicial remedy arising from a wrong or injury suffered claim for a broken arm, another for a ruptured spleen, and so forth —J. H. Friedenthal et al.>; also : the formal assertion of such a right
NOTE: A cause of action may encompass more than one claim as the term is used in sense 3a. Claim is often used to mean cause of action, however, esp. in modern federal practice. c : a right to payment or to an equitable remedy as set forth in the Bankruptcy Code —see also PROOF OF CLAIM
4 : a formal assertion made by an applicant for a patent of the novelty and patentability of an invention with a description of the invention and its purpose —claim transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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claim
In addition to the idiom beginning with claim, also see lay claim to; stake a claim.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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