Claim Definition And Meaning

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

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 …

5 days ago · 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 …

A claim is a statement or assertion that something is true, often without providing evidence or proof. It can also refer to a formal request made to an insurance company asking for a payment based on the …