Definitions:

1. an assertion of a right, for example money or property noun
   • Our insurance claim keeps being rejected.
2. an assertion that something is true or factual noun
   • They claim to be innocent.
3. an established or recognized right noun
   • a strong legal claim to the property
4. an informal right to something noun
   • You have no claim on my time.
5. demand for something as rightful or due noun
   • they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
6. to ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example verb
   • They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
7. to take, as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs verb
   • The accident claimed three lives.

Synonyms:

• arrogate
• call
• lay claim
• take
• title

NearBy Words:

• claimant