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.
- 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.
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.
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.
If you claim money from the government, an insurance company, or another organization, you officially apply to them for it, because you think you are entitled to it according to their rules.
A claim is when you express your right to something that belongs to you, like your medical records or the deed to your home. When you make a claim or claim something, you're demanding it or saying it’s true.
Some common synonyms of claim are demand, exact, and require. While all these words mean "to ask or call for something as due or as necessary," claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession.
