definition of the word claim

From Old French clamer.

• IPA: /kleɪm/, SAMPA: /kleIm/

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  Rhymes: -eɪm

claim (plural claims)

1. A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory).
2. A new statement of truth made about something.
3. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (eg. in the gold rush, oil rush)
4. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

• Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim.
• The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

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