Claim

Noun

 * 1) A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory).
 * 2) A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
 * 3) A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (eg. in the gold rush, oil rush)
 * 4)  A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Verb

 * 1) To demand ownership of.
 * 2) To state a new fact.
 * 3) To demand ownership or right to use for land.
 * 4)  To demand compensation or damages through the courts.

Adjectives for Claim
additional; faint; ardent; extenuating; misleading; exaggerated; extravagant; curative; substantiated; indisputable; enormous; groundless; confidential; bitter; exclusive; plausible; intellectual; unquenchable; notorious; complacent; intolerable; advertising; hereditary;  unjustifiable; unprophetic; slender; peculiar; sales; fraudulent; rhetorical; accumulating; valid; remaining; worthless; reproachful; respectable; illegal; embroidered; time-honored; extortionate; suitable; contested; obsolete; conflicting (pi); imperial; inexorable; insistent;   professional;  modest;  abiding; prior; rival; inflated; fanciful; questionable; incredible; preposterous; unsavory false; pecuniary; parental; royal; special implacable; imperative; unusual; difficult depreciating; relative.

Verbs for Claim
adjust—; annul—; assert—; attest to—; base—on; cede—; combat—; confirm—; consider—; contradict—; debate—; defy—; demolish—; denounce—; deny—; dismiss—; dispose of—; dispute—; doubt—; establish—; exempt from—; expose—; forfeit—; honor—; iron out—s; justify—; lay—to; offset—; press—; protest—; reconcile—; record—; refute—; renounce—; retain—; shatter—; smile at—; stake out—; stultify—;   substantiate—;   support—;   surrender—; verify—; waive—; — diminish; — dissolve.

Adverbs for Claim
persistently; strenuously; confidently; assuredly; adroitly; falsely; boldly; vociferously; exorbitantly; ardently; exaggeratedly; groundlessly; unjustifiably; reproachfully; fraudulently; extortionately; inexorably; professionally; insistently; incredibly; legitimately; validly; fancifully; preposterously; implacably; imperatively.

Related terms

 * claimable
 * claimant
 * claimer
 * disclaim
 * disclaimer

Thesaurus
exaction, extort, extortion, extortionate demand, faculty, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, fill, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind, get, get hold of, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, have, have and hold, have in hand, have occasion for, have tenure of, having title to, heavy demand, hold, holding, hug, impose, imposition, impost, inalienable right, indent, insist on, insist upon, insistent demand, interest, issue an ultimatum, justify, knight service, lay claim to, lay fee, lay hands on, lay hold of, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, levy, libel, limitation, loot, maintain, make a demand, mandate, nail, narratio, natural right, need, nip, nip up, nolle prosequi, nonnegotiable demand, nonsuit, notice, occupancy, occupation, occupy, order, order up, original title, owning, palm, part, partake, percentage, petition, pillage, place an order, pocket, possess, possessing, possession, postulate, power, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prerequire, prerogative, prescription, presumptive right, pretend, pretend to, pretense, pretension, pretext, privilege, profess, profession, proper claim, property, property right, property rights, proprietary rights, protest too much, protestation, purport, put forth, put in requisition, receive, rend from, rending, request, require, requirement, requisition, right, right of entry, rights, ripping, rush, rush order, screw, seek, seisin, seize, set forth, settlement, share, snap up, snatch, socage, solicit, squat, squat on, squatting, stake, state, statement, statement of facts, steal, strict settlement, sublease, take, take by assault, take by storm, take doing, take hold of, take possession, tax, taxing, tear from, tearing, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, title, tribute, trust, ultimatum, underlease, undertenancy, use, usucapion, usucapt, vested interest, vested right, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage, vindicate, want, want doing, warn, warning, warrant, whip up, wrench, wrench from, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wring from, wringing, absolute interest, acquire, adduce, advance, adverse possession, affidavit, affirm, affirmation, allegation, allege, alodium, application, appurtenance, argue, ask, ask for, assert, assertion, authority, avow, be enfeoffed of, be entitled to, be hurting for, be indicated, be possessed of, be seized of, benefit, bill, bill of complaint, birthright, blackmail, boast, burgage, call, call for, catch up, challenge, claim, clamor for, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench, clinch, clutch, colony, command, common, complaint, conjugal right, contend, contingent interest, contribution, cry for, cry out for, de facto, de jure, declaration, declare, defend, demand, demand for, dependency, deposition, derivative title, divine right, draft, drain, drain off, draw off, droit, due, duty, easement, embrace, enjoy, equitable interest, equity, estate, exact,

Etymology
From claimen: <  claimer:, clamer: <  clamo:, connected with calo:, cognate to Ancient Greek καλέω:.

Noun

 * Bulgarian:, претенция
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, követelés
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: roszczenie
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Romanian: pretenție, revendicare, petiție
 * Russian: претензия (sg or pl), притязание (plural in this sense), право (plural in this sense)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: טענה (t'a'na), טיעון (t'i'un)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: заявление, объявление
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: претенция
 * Finnish:, (mining)
 * French: ,
 * German: Anspruch, Mutung (mining)
 * Hebrew: תביעה (tvi'a)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: reclamo di proprietà


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: претензия (sg or pl), право (plural in this sense)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: рекламация
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: követelés
 * Romanian: reclamație, pretenție
 * Russian: иск, претензия, требование выплаты


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: изисквам, претендирам
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, követel
 * Italian: ,


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: претендовать на, предъявлять/заявлять/объявлять претензии, заявлять права/о правах
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: iddia etmek, öne sürmek


 * Bulgarian: претендирам
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: תבע
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: reclamare la proprietà, il possesso
 * Russian: претендовать на, предъявлять/заявлять/объявлять претензии, заявлять права/о правах
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: правя реламация
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: követel
 * Russian: требовать выплаты/компенсации


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

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