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Meaning of claim

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  claim
      n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his
           claim asked for damages"
      2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim
         that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the
         government's claims"
      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"; "his title to fame" [syn: {claim}, {title}]
      5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to
         the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to
         his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: {title},
         {claim}]
      6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn:
         {call}, {claim}]
      v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;
           "He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: {disclaim}]
      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" [syn: {claim}, {lay claim}, {arrogate}]
         [ant: {forego}, {forfeit}, {forgo}, {give up}, {throw
         overboard}, {waive}]
      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 took credit for the whole
         idea" [syn: {claim}, {take}] [ant: {disclaim}]
      5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
         affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work
         took its toll on her" [syn: {claim}, {take}, {exact}]

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