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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.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun
Idiom6.
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, especially 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.) Middle English claimen < Anglo-French, Old French claimer < Latin clāmāre to cry out; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French cla(i)me, noun derivative of the v.
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English claimen < Anglo-French, Old French claimer < Latin clāmāre to cry out; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French cla(i)me, noun derivative of the v.
Related forms
claim·a·ble, adjective
claim·less, adjective
mis·claim, verb (used with object)
non·claim·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·claim, verb (used with object)
EXPANDpre·claim, verb (used with object), noun
su·per·claim, noun
un·claimed, adjective
un·claim·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
claim
c.1300, from O.Fr. clamer "to call, claim," from L. clamare "to cry out, shout," from PIE *kele- "to shout," onomatopoeic (cf. Skt. usakala "cock," lit. "dawn-calling;" L. calare "to announce solemnly, call out;" M.Ir. cailech "cock;" Gk. kaleo "to call," kelados "noise," kledon "report, fame;" O.H.G.
EXPANDhalan "to call;" O.E. hlowan "to low, make a noise like a cow;" Lith. kalba "language"). 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.
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