claim
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- claym (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English claimen, from Old French claimer, clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō (“to call, cry out”), connected with calō (“to call”), cognate to Ancient Greek καλέω (kaleō, “to call, convoke”).
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[edit] Noun
claim (plural claims)
- A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory).
- A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
- 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
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
to state a new fact
to demand ownership or right to use for land
(law) to demand compensation
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[edit] Related terms
[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
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