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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(151) Anyone who has overpaid tax will be able to backdate their claim to last April.
(152) Some people claim that it is the UN that is at fault.
(153) Families earning below a cerain amount can claim child support.
(154) The town's only claim to fame is that there was once a riot there.
(155) The town's main claim to fame is being the home of one of the strangest buildings in the world.
(156) It's best to get your insurance claim in as quickly as possible.
(157) Mothers with young children have a prior claim on funds.
(158) The judge decided for the man who had made the claim.
(159) The government's claim that war was necessary was clearly mistaken.
(160) It would be disingenuous to claim that we hadn't suspected them.
(161) They claim to undercut their competitors by at least 5%.
(162) Coleman has never wavered in his claim that he is innocent.
(163) You can claim the allowance for a maximum of six months.
(164) She filled in an expenses claim and her manager OK'd it.
(165) Critics claim the building would destroy the flavor of the neighborhood.
(166) The bureaucrats, widely regarded as under-worked and overpaid,(sentencedict.com) did not get much public sympathy for their pay claim.
(167) I stopped playing football because my work had a prior claim on my time.
(168) There is much to be said in vindication of his claim.
(169) This book is about people who claim to have paranormal abilities such as ESP and mind-reading.
(170) You can only claim 100 dollars a day for your travel.
(171) They claim to be the party of law and order.
(172) Electricity workers have voted for industrial action in pursuit of a pay claim.
(173) She could not allow such a claim to go unchallenged .
(174) They claim that one in twenty deaths can be directly attributed to air pollution.
(175) John had taken out redundancy insurance but when he tried to claim,(http://sentencedict.com/claim.html) he was refused payment.
(176) It was disingenuous of her to claim she had no financial interest in the case.
(177) Fill in and return the claim form as soon as it arrives.
(178) Your claim ought to succeed, in which case the damages will be substantial.
(179) They had no claim on the land, which was believed to be rich in oil.
(180) They claim that signature of the peace accord did not imply recognition of the state's sovereignty.
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.