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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(241) As expected, management said the workers' pay claim was too high.
(242) The town's only claim to fame is that Queen Elizabeth I once visited it.
(243) Analysts claim that the firm's assets were undervalued by ￡300 million.
(244) Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so.
(245) The teaching unions are stepping up industrial action in support of their pay claim.
(246) Their claim is being treated with some skepticism in UN.
(247) Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order.
(248) Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of consumers by providing packaged foods.
(249) The United States could claim to be both a military and an economic superpower.
(250) I suppose that, in justification, he could always claim he had a family to support.
(251) Her claim was supported by the testimony of several witnesses.
(252) Two countries have a claim to sovereignty over the islands.
(253) The scars on his body lent colour to his claim that he had been tortured.
(254) He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war.
(255) She says she was virtually blackmailed into giving up her claim to the property.
(256) The labour union has called all the miners out to support the wage - claim.
(257) Don't forget to claim your travelling expenses after the interview.
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(258) The police claim to have uncovered a plot by terrorists to assassinate the president.
(259) Buy the special supplies for the company, and claim back their cost.
(260) They claim that the government is denying them their rights .
(261) She has more claim to the book's success than anybody .
(262) If you're still not satisfied, you may be able to claim compensation .
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.