claim

Noun

• a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

• 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
    

• an informal right to something
  • his claim on her attentions
    
  • his title to fame
    

• demand for something as rightful or due
  • they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
    

• an assertion that something is true or factual
  • his claim that he was innocent
    
  • evidence contradicted the government's claims
    

• an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
  • his claim asked for damages
    

Verb

• 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
    

• lay claim to; as of an idea
  • She took credit for the whole idea
    

• ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
  • They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
    

• 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
    

• assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
  • He claimed that he killed the burglar
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  call , title , take , exact , lay claim , arrogate
• Antonyms: 
  disclaim , forfeit , give up , throw overboard , waive , forgo , forego