claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.

CLAIM definition: 1. to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might…. Learn more.

To claim something is to maintain that the something is a fact, as in The company claims its product cures hiccups. A claim is the assertion of a fact, as in The claim that Shayna has a beautiful voice …

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1. to demand as being due or as one's property; assert one's title or right to: he claimed the record. 2. (takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to assert as a fact; maintain against denial: he claimed to be …

a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy, a workers' compensation law, etc.: We filed a claim for compensation from the company. Idioms lay claim to, to declare oneself …

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