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claim

noun
  1. demand for something as rightful or due
    “they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day”
  2. an informal right to something
    “You have no claim on my time.”
    title
  3. an established or recognized right
    “a strong legal claim to the property”
    title
  4. an assertion of a right, for example money or property
    “Our insurance claim keeps being rejected.”
  5. an assertion that something is true or factual
    “They claim to be innocent.”
  6. a demand especially in the phrase 'the call of duty'
    call
verb
  1. to take, as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
    “The accident claimed three lives.”
    take
  2. to assert or affirm strongly
  3. to lay claim to
    take
  4. to ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
    “They claimed on the maximum allowable amount”
  5. to demand as being one's due or property
    arrogatelay claim