claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.
CLAIM definition: 1. to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might.. Learn more.
CLAIM definition: to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due. See examples of claim used in a sentence.
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. Idioms lay claim to, to declare oneself.
- to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to: he claimed the record. 2. (takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to assert as a fact; maintain against denial: he claimed to be.
Claim definition: To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due.
Definition of claim verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
