v.
- assert that something is the case.
- demand as one's property or earnings.
▸request (money) under the terms of an insurance policy.
- call for (someone's attention).
- cause the loss of (someone's life).
n.
- an assertion of the truth of something.
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(also statement of claim)
a statement of the novel features in a patent.
- a demand for something considered one's due.
▸a request for compensation under the terms of an insurance policy.
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(also mining claim)
a piece of land allotted to or taken by someone in order to be mined.
Derivative
- claimable adj.
- claimant n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. claime (n.), clamer (v.), from L. clamare ‘call out’.