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rec⋅la⋅ma⋅tion

  [rek-luh-mey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
2. the act or process of reclaiming.
3. the state of being reclaimed.
4. the process or industry of deriving usable materials from waste, by-products, etc.
Origin:
1525–35, in sense “a protest”; < MF < L reclāmātiōn- (s. of reclāmātiō) crying out against, equiv. to reclāmāt(us) (ptp. of reclāmāre; see reclaim ) + -iōn- -ion
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rec·la·ma·tion   (rěk'lə-mā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of reclaiming.
  2. A restoration, as to productivity, usefulness, or morality.

[Middle English reclamacion, from Old French reclamation, from Latin reclāmātiō, reclāmātiōn-, cry of opposition, from reclāmātus, past participle of reclāmāre, to exclaim against; see reclaim.]
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Reclamation

Rec`la*ma"tion\, n. [F. r['e]clamation, L. reclamatio. See Reclaim.]

1. The act or process of reclaiming.

2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.

I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency. --Landor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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reclamation

The recovery of losses by either party in a securities transaction in which there has been a bad delivery.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: rec·la·ma·tion
Pronunciation: "re-kl&-'mA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of reclaiming reclamation of goods delivered to an insolvent buyer>
2 : a right to reclaim (as under commercial law)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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