claim

[US]/kleɪm/
[UK]/kleɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. assert or maintain a right; n. assertion of a right or a fact

Phrases & Collocations

submit a claim

insurance claim

claim reimbursement

make a claim

dispute a claim

claim for

claim for compensation

lay claim to

lodge a claim

right of claim

residual claim

baggage claim

claim damages

claim form

claim compensation

contingent claim

claim tag

file a claim

claim for damage

independent claim

claim indemnity

false claim

Example Sentences

a fragile claim to fame.

laid claim to the estate.

adjudicate a claim for damages

make a claim for damages

They have no claim on us.

claim against the underwriters

to lay claim to a title

a defeasible claim to an estate.

the claim has no substance.

a claim upon one's sympathy

prefer a claim to property

The claims were overruled.

Is the claim capable of proof?

Is there any substance to their claim?

You can claim a rebate on your tax.

they claimed to be the party of good Europeans.

the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera.

Real-world Examples

But it has also claimed some lives.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

But they all put forward their claims.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

Neither America nor the multilateral institutions are as impotent today as Mr Bremmer claims.

Source: The Economist - Arts

Others face supply shortages or are trying to resolve insurance claims.

Source: AP Listening Collection June 2021

But the attorney general counters those claims.

Source: NPR News July 2013 Compilation

No one claimed responsibility for that bombing.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

The Labor Department says initial jobless claims have dropped.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

Mr. Trump's current lawyer has denied the claims.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation January 2019

Has Orson brought up the insurance claim again?

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

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