claim

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English

Alternative forms

• claym (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.

See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kleɪm/
• Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

claim (plural claims)

1. A demand of ownership made for something.

2. The thing claimed.
3. The right or ground of demanding.

4. A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
5. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

6. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Usage notes

• Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim.
• The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Derived terms

Collocations

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: kleim
• → Dutch: claimen
• → Indonesian: klaim

Translations

Verb

claim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)

1. To demand ownership of.
2. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
3. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
4. (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
5. (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
6. To cause the loss of.

7. To win as a prize in a sport or competition.

8. (obsolete) To proclaim.
9. (archaic) To call or name.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• claimable
• claimant
• claimer
• disclaim
• disclaimer

Further reading

• “claim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “claim”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• malic

Chinese

Etymology

From English claim.

Pronunciation

Verb

claim

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to claim a sum of money

   claim錢／claim钱 [Cantonese]  ―  kem¹ cin^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  reimbursement

   claim保險／claim保险 [Cantonese]  ―  kem¹ bou² him² [Jyutping]  ―  to make an insurance claim

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

claim

1. inflection of claimen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative