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