1. Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
   "He claimed that he killed the burglar"
    
2. Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
   "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"; "The heir laid claim to the family estate";
   - lay claim, arrogate
    
3. Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
   "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
    
4. Lay claim to; as of an idea
   "She claimed credit for the whole idea";
   - take
    
5. Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
   "the accident claimed three lives";
   - take, exact

1. An assertion that something is true or factual
   "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
    
2. An assertion of a right (as to money or property)
   "his claim asked for damages"
    
3. Demand for something as rightful or due
   "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
    
4. An informal right to something
   "his claim on her attentions";
   - title
    
5. An established or recognized right
   "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he staked his claim";
   - title
    
6. A moral duty or demand
   "The situation placed a moral claim on her to speak out";
   - call

Derived forms: claims, claiming, claimed

Type of: affirm, ask, ask for, assert, assertion, asseveration, aver, averment, avow, bespeak, call for, demand, involve, legal right, necessitate, need, postulate, request, require, right, swear, take, verify

Antonym: disclaim

Encyclopedia: Claim