(v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
(v./.) To proclaim.
(v./.) To call or name.
(v./.) To assert; to maintain.
(v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
(n.) A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
(n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
(n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
(n.) A loud call.
Example Sentences:
(1) It afflicted 312,000 people and claimed 3200 lives.
(2) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
(3) It transpired that in 65% of the analysed advertisements explicit or implicit claims were made.
(4) Of the 622 people interviewed, a large proportion (30.5%) believed that the first deciduous tooth should erupt between the age of 5-7 months; the next commonly mentioned time of tooth eruption was 7-9 months of age; and 50.3% of the respondents claimed to have seen a case of prematurely erupted primary teeth.
(5) A recent visit by a member of Iraq's government from Baghdad to Basra and back cost about $12,000 (£7,800), the cable claimed.
(6) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
(7) This "paradox of redistribution" was certainly observable in Britain, where Welfare retained its status as one of the 20th century's most exalted creations, even while those claiming benefits were treated with ever greater contempt.
(8) Since 1887, winter green is claimed to have caused dermatitis and to have been responsible for "idiosyncrasy".
(9) Doctors may plausibly make special claims qua doctors when they are treating disease.
(10) "We presently are involved in a number of intellectual property lawsuits, and as we face increasing competition and gain an increasingly high profile, we expect the number of patent and other intellectual property claims against us to grow," the company said.
(11) We are better off in.” Out campaigners have claimed that the NHS could be badly hit by a decision to stay in the EU.
(12) The small print revealed that Osborne claimed a fall in borrowing largely by factoring in the proceeds of a 4G telecomms auction that has not yet happened.
(13) With such protection, Dempster tended professionally to outlive those inside and outside the office who claimed that he was outdated.
(14) Shorten said any arrangement needed to be consistent with international obligations, with asylum seekers afforded due process and their claims properly assessed.
(15) Gove said in the interview that he did not want to be Tory leader, claiming that he lacked the "extra spark of charisma and star quality" possessed by others.
(16) Much has been claimed about the source of its support: at one extreme, it is said to divide the right-of-centre vote and crucify the Conservatives .
(17) That’s when you heard the ‘boom’.” Teto Wilson also claimed to have witnessed the shooting, posting on Facebook on Sunday morning that he and some friends had been at the Elk lodge, outside which the shooting took place.
(18) The move was confirmed by a Lib Dem aide, who said Tory claims to be green were "already a lame duck and are now dead in the water".
(19) They also claim their electricity and water were cut off, despite frequent official complaints to police, who Lessena said served as middlemen between the owners and the tenants.
(20) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
Counterclaim
Definition:
(n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
Example Sentences:
(1) David is preparing a counterclaim against GFH for monies owed to him and which are in excess of the amount of the claim made against him by GFH.” Haigh played a key role in GFHC’s takeover of Leeds from Ken Bates in December 2012 and also introduced Massimo Cellino, the present owner, to the club.
(2) Since then, the story has taken more twists than an episode of Sherlock, with CCTV footage of the incident providing the rocket-fuel for claim and counterclaim, and dark talk about conspiracies and cover-ups.
(3) Another way of assessing the claim and counterclaim is to consider the characters of the protagonists.
(4) Former BBC director general Mark Thompson and the current chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, have been embroiled in a war of words – described by MPs as a soap opera – with claims and counterclaims over who knew what about the payments.
(5) The proposals for the reform of school food are fraught with difficulty, claims and counterclaims.
(6) "The defendants' amended counterclaims are nothing more than an effort to sue the Tolkiens and HarperCollins for suing them.
(7) A number of plausible theories of confabulation have been proposed, but the various claims and counterclaims have not been systematically tested.
(8) Warner and Zaentz's amended counterclaims are simply an attempt to punish the Tolkiens and HarperCollins for having the nerve to stand up to the studios and tell them that they can't take more rights than were granted to them by contract.
(9) Litigation proceeds pretty quickly in the Eastern District of Texas, so there's a good chance that Apple will be able to use in its second California lawsuit (in which several of Samsung's counterclaim patents are wireless SEPs) some of what Samsung has to argue in its defence against Ericsson.
(10) While Zhan returned to China to a hero's welcome on Saturday, the latest round of claims and counterclaims suggest the most damaging row between Tokyo and Beijing for years is far from over.
(11) The injunctions will be the next step after Apple won on almost every count against Samsung , which failed to win any of its counterclaims against the Cupertino-based company.
(12) There is a mess of claim and counterclaim, myth and legend, architectural digs and disputed evidence.
(13) Major’s attack is the latest escalation of hostilities between leading Conservative members of the in and out campaigns, which have engaged in vicious claims and counterclaims in the last few weeks.
(14) The game of claim and counterclaim began in the buildup with Redknapp arguing that Wigan have the division's best squad and Rösler retorting that Rangers' wage bill is three times the size of his own.
(15) Since 2009, the attorneys at the Justice Department’s pardon office have received more than 30,000 applications, each a hefty sheaf of facts, claims, counterclaims and technicalities.
(16) The jury in the case turned down all of the patent counterclaims by Samsung .
(17) On Saturday the city was awash with claims and counterclaims about whether the bloody events had been provoked.
(18) It followed a day of accusations and counterclaims by Watson and Corbyn allies over whether Momentum has a plan to increase its influence with the help of Unite.
(19) It deals with various claims and counterclaims of princes, marquises, landgraves, bishops, emperors, dukes and electors, but the "we the peoples," of the UN charter are nowhere to be seen.
(20) Lynch's departure is the latest in a stream of resignations by former top executives at the UK software company amid accusations that HP is too bureaucratic, and counterclaims that Lynch and his team failed to deliver on revenue targets.