Synonym: demand, due, interest, require, right, title. Antonym: disclaim, surrender. Similar words: proclaim, AIMS, aim for, explain, complaint, plaintiff, clay, complain about. Meaning: [kleɪm] 
n. 1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property) 2. an assertion that something is true or factual 3. demand for something as rightful or due 4. an informal right to something 5. an established or recognized right 6. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty". v. 1. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing 2. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to 3. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example 4. lay claim to; as of an idea 5. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.
n. 1. an assertion of a right (as to money or property) 2. an assertion that something is true or factual 3. demand for something as rightful or due 4. an informal right to something 5. an established or recognized right 6. a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty". v. 1. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing 2. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to 3. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example 4. lay claim to; as of an idea 5. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. 
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(121) Both countries staked a claim to the islands.
(122) He laid claim to the property / inheritance.
(123) He decided to release his claim to property.
(124) Two young girls claim to have seen the fairies.
(125) Some people, of course, denied the validity of any such claim.
(126) The court would not even consider his claim for the old man' s legacy.
(127) You can claim back the overpaid tax by filling in this form.
(128) Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent/to be innocent.
(129) The publishers claim that the book constitutes 'the first sequential exposition of events and thus of the history of the revolution'.
(130) The rights protection law for the comsumers enables any impaired comsumer to claim money from the company.
(131) You can claim back some of the cost of your treatment.
(132) Another union has voted for industrial action in support of a pay claim.
(133) Everyone seems to want to get into television to claim their share of fame and fortune.
(134) Incidentally(sentencedict.com), I wanted to have a word with you about your expenses claim.
(135) They claim that the wine is for personal use and so evade the duty.
(136) Are you prepared to do battle with your insurance company over the claim?
(137) The court ruled that the claim was null and void.
(138) His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.
(139) You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.
(140) Some people claim that an individual's degree of extroversion or introversion is inherited.
(141) Did you claim on the insurance after your house fire?
(142) The families claim they are being turfed out of their homes.
(143) My lord,(www.Sentencedict.com) I am instructed by my client to claim that the evidence has been tampered with.
(144) They claim the noise from the new airport is an intrusion on their lives.
(145) The union submitted a wage claim for a 9% rise.
(146) Tickets are on a 'first come, first served' basis, so stake your claim now.
(147) Television censors are cutting out scenes which they claim may offend.
(148) Dentists claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.
(149) They were able to produce witnesses to support their claim.
(150) My main claim to fame is that I once shook Elvis's hand.
More similar words: proclaim, AIMS, aim for, explain, complaint, plaintiff, clay, complain about, class, declare, a class, classic, classify, classical, classroom, clandestine, middle-class, the working class.