RECLAIM


Meaning of RECLAIM in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

baggage reclaim ( also baggage claim American English ) (= the place where you collect your baggage after a flight )

We waited for almost an hour in baggage reclaim.

baggage reclaim

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

land

Joined by a contingent of Sword Masters, his army marched on into southern Avelorn to reclaim the Everqueen's land .

Man builds great temples, the jungle reclaims the land .

And now they had the immense task of reclaiming all this land and rebuilding all their homes.

The amount of reclaimed land is increasing every year, and trees are growing fast.

A second airport terminal was opened in 1990 and there are plans to reclaim more land for a third and a fourth.

site

In each case £20 million to £30 million of government money was spent reclaiming a site for flowers and later development.

More than £1m in grants has been spent on reclaiming the site of the former Brom borough power station.

More than £1m of derelict land grant has been spent on reclaiming the site of the former Bromborough power station.

Based in Toronto and Pennsylvania, it will focus on converting munitions into reusable commercial material and reclaim explosive waste sites .

tax

The supply would not be on a tax invoice, so the buyer would not be able to reclaim the tax paid.

We can then reclaim the income tax you - or your spouse - have paid already.

The Inland Revenue permits us to reclaim tax and pay dividends gross.

Anyone in this situation can reclaim the tax from their tax office after the end of the tax year in April.

Interest is paid net of basic rate tax and non-taxpayers and investors with unused allowances must reclaim tax.

The funds can reclaim tax and pay income gross, saving charities the trouble of reclaiming the tax.

■ VERB

build

Empty building sites have been reclaimed and replanted.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A British woman is waiting to hear how she can reclaim a family estate inside the former Soviet Union.

China reclaimed Hong Kong from Britain in 1997.

The golf course will use reclaimed wastewater to water the grass.

The organization is trying to reclaim desert land for farming.

You can reclaim tax if you find you have paid too much.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A message arrived from a local farmer who had found and secured it until it could be reclaimed.

An alternative could be high coupon gilts as the tax can be reclaimed.

In each case £20 million to £30 million of government money was spent reclaiming a site for flowers and later development.

Nature can reclaim an entire farm in 14 years and leave nothing behind but the masonry.

The Inland Revenue permits us to reclaim tax and pay dividends gross.

The radio was reclaimed the next morning.

What they learn in school about writing helps to preserve and reclaim that heritage.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.