Main entry: claim
Definition: demand for something as rightful or due
Usage: they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
Definition: an informal right to something
Usage: his claim on her attentions; his title to fame
Definition: an established or recognized right
Usage: a strong legal claim to the property; he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate; he staked his claim
Main entry: claim
Definition: an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
Usage: his claim asked for damages
Main entry: claim
Definition: an assertion that something is true or factual
Usage: his claim that he was innocent; evidence contradicted the government's claims
Definition: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
Main entry: exact, claim, take
Definition: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Usage: the accident claimed three lives; The hard work took its toll on her
Main entry: claim
Definition: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
Usage: He claimed that he killed the burglar
Definition: lay claim to; as of an idea
Usage: She took credit for the whole idea
Main entry: claim
Definition: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
Usage: They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
Main entry: claim, lay claim, arrogate
Definition: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
Usage: He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter; Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident