claim
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English claimen < Old French claimer, clamer (“‘to call, name, send for’”) < Latin clamare (“‘to call, cry out’”), connected with calare (“‘to call’”), cognate to Ancient Greek καλεῖν (kalein), “‘to call, convoke’”).
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[edit] Noun
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claim (plural claims)
- A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory).
- A new statement of truth made about something.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (eg. in the gold rush, oil rush)
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
[edit] Usage notes
- 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
[edit] Translations
demand of ownership
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new statement of truth made about something
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demand of ownership for previously unowned land
(law) demand for compensation
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[edit] Verb
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to claim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)
- To demand ownership of.
- To state a new fact.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
[edit] Translations
to demand ownership of something
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to state a new fact
to demand ownership or right to use for land
(law) to demand compensation
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[edit] External links
- claim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- claim in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911