CLAIM


Meaning of CLAIM in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bold statement/assertion/claim

In a surprisingly bold statement, the couple said they had no intention of marrying.

a compensation claim

He was seeking legal advice on a compensation claim.

a liability claim (= a claim that someone is legally responsible )

A liability claim was made by a consumer injured by the product.

a pay claim British English (= official request for more pay )

The miners voted for strike action in support of their pay claim.

an insurance claim

She filed an insurance claim for the missing jewellery.

claim a reward

He contacted the police, hoping to claim the reward money offered by the bank.

claim compensation (= ask for it because you have a right to it )

You can claim compensation for unfair dismissal from your job.

claim custody formal (= say that you want to have it )

Henry has claimed custody of his son.

claim expenses (= officially ask your employer to pay you back money that you have spent while doing your job )

If you have to stay overnight, you will be able to claim any expenses back.

claim responsibility (for sth) (= say that you are responsible for something bad )

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings.

claim sth on your insurance (= get an insurance company to pay for something )

He claimed the money back on his travel insurance.

claim the life of sb (= kill someone – used of a thing )

The disease claimed the lives of up to a quarter of the population.

claimed descent

The emperor claimed descent from David.

claiming dole

The number claiming dole went up by 3,500.

deny a claim

Claims that money had been wasted were denied by the chairman of the committee.

dismiss a claim

An industrial tribunal dismissed his claim of unfair discrimination.

fraudulent...claim

a fraudulent insurance claim

pressing...claim

I was pressing my claim for custody of the child.

process an application/claim/transaction etc

All university applications are processed through this system.

refute a hypothesis/a claim/an idea etc

an attempt to refute Darwin’s theories

sb’s/sth’s claim to fame (= reason for being famous )

One of his main claims to fame is having invented the electric light bulb.

small claims court

submit an application/claim/proposal etc

All applications must be submitted by Monday.

substantiate...claims

Katzen offered little evidence to substantiate his claims .

unfounded rumours/claims/allegations etc

Unfounded rumours began circulating that Ian and Susan were having an affair.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

benefit

If they are very ill they can claim other benefits , such as attendance allowance.

As officially married couples, gay men and lesbians will be able to claim pension benefits if a partner dies.

That is of course a child for the purpose of claiming a benefit .

If you are claiming supplementary benefit , you automatically qualify.

Anyone having to pay the full personal Community Charge can claim community charge benefit .

Conservatives seek to obstruct people who wish to claim backdated benefits .

They would be able to claim benefit in their own right and for their husbands as their dependants.

company

The company claims the test is 97 per cent effective.

The company claims that it will be the first program to integrate E-Mail, scheduling and calendar functions into one package.

Then he fought with the title company claiming irregularities in his deed and those of his neighbors.

Both companies claimed that sales had not been as high as they'd hoped.

The company claims that these protocols can be loaded and accessed simultaneously without interrupting the LANtastic network connection.

Some 60 companies there claim competence and expertise in the technology, each trying to identify its own market niche.

The company had claimed that Mrs Ashgrove was replaced because of serious errors in her work.

credit

We could not claim all the credit for this as our administration was coming to grips with the situation ashore.

Predictably, the arch-conservative reformers claimed great moral credit for such legislation.

But, fearing that others would claim the credit for the discovery, they went into print.

Any minute now President Clinton will try to claim credit .

Though often misused, it can result in benefits to some sections of the community for which the cadres claim credit .

In addition, she allegedly claimed an earned income credit of $ 323 on the basis of his fictional dependent.

There have even been proposals to clear natural forests and replace them with dense plantations of fast-growing trees to claim extra credits .

Steve Merrill, claim credit for it.

government

The Government regularly claim that they want value for money.

On June 8, however, the government claimed to have regained control of the airport complex.

Successes of the government would always be claimed by all its members, but failures would be left to the Prime Minister.

It is they who have appointed a new caretaker president and a Government which they claim are interim measures.

He arrived at his supreme court office despite government claims that he had already been replaced by a Mugabe supporter.

For a Government that claims to have offered choice for the last 13 years, their stance on this issue is odd.

group

No group claimed responsibility for the explosions.

An avowed contrarian, Carr, like Groucho Marx, seems to be suspicious of any group that would claim him.

Several groups claim to exert their influence, but insist that it is no more than that.

A Kashmiri separatist group claimed responsibility for the blast.

The hostile bid has infuriated board members of the Dowty group , who claim that their company is being underpriced.

Sightings of space aliens persist, with several organized groups claiming to have seen them, or even to have been abducted.

No warnings were received, and no groups have claimed responsibility.

Authorities said no group has claimed responsibility.

life

Smoking claims thousands of lives every year and treatment for the effects of the habit costs the taxpayer millions of pounds annually.

Cancer claimed the lives of her parents and hit 14 of 17 people in her immediate family.

Its independence campaign has claimed nearly 800 lives since 1968.

In 1949, a quake centered near Olympia claimed eight lives .

Already the inferno has claimed two lives and gutted several homes.

One of those bombings claimed the life of Sacramento timber executive Gilbert Murray.

The combined force of the UVF/UFF has claimed six lives in Belfast compared to 11 last year.

Jack and Rita began to search for a business of their own that could help them claim a life of their own.

report

Some of the more sensational reports claimed that Misrati had used his attractive young daughter to gain access to information.

But in a second report he claimed to have spied Cibola, though from a distance, of course.

His resignation comes after a report claimed it was cumbersome and spent too much on administration.

Another report claims Stevens broke his hand trying to hit him back.

The report claimed that the railways would then make a small profit.

Critics of the group's report will claim the differences between landowners and conservationists were irreconcilable from the start.

Unofficial reports claimed that up to eight people were killed.

support

Retirement benefits are not enough to live on, so nearly 2 million pensioners have to claim income support .

Hamas claims the support of about 15 percent of the population.

The organisation claims the support of prominent industrialists and of former members of the security forces.

He is fighting for a second term and claims the support of other key nations in defiance of the Clinton administration.

This will mean that a person working 16 hours a week or more will not be able to claim income support .

The mugged man even had to ask them to call the police, claimed the Victim Support group.

If the man does not leap in, the Adlerian can again claim support for his theory.

If Mr Ali makes it here, his family could claim support worth £1,300 a month.

victory

The women are claiming a victory .

And the Lakers, 4-1 since he joined them, have claimed victories in 11 of 13 to reach 28-19 overall.

This one ended with both sides claiming victory .

Where it had claimed a victory , the same crew of specialists dissected the results and fed them into the machinery.

Singh claimed victory over Harrington at the third extra.

Hamas leaders had said in recent interviews that they would claim victory if turnout was lower than 50 percent.

It may yet be that he still claims victory .

Not second, where he could claim a victory in the cockeyed estimations of winners and losers in presidential primary politics.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

no-claims bonus

Shouldn't we, therefore, be entitled to a no-claims bonus ?

prior claim

Ace had a prior claim on the Doctor's affections.

Bondholders, on the other hand, have a prior claim on the firm.

You have a prior claim on him.

take/claim/seize the moral high ground

Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.

Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.

wage claim

In the summer of 1953 the union carried out strikes and go-slows in support of a wage claim, but were locked out.

Many, therefore, blamed Callaghan for the explosion in union wage claims that followed in the early seventies.

Meanwhile, trade unions became more active in their wage claims, and a vicious price-wage-price spiral developed.

Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle: they must stand firm over their wage claim.

The union will engage in negotiations with the employers in an attempt to persuade them that the wage claim is justified.

There was also concern that a renewed upturn in inflation could inflame wage claims in the forthcoming pay round.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Because the accident had not been her fault, Barbara was able to claim damages.

Congress intends to make welfare harder to claim .

Doctors claim to have discovered a cure for the disease.

Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan.

Lost items can be claimed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Martin claimed that he was with friends at the time of his wife's murder.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for planting the bomb.

She claimed she was fired from her job for being pregnant.

She claims to be a descendent of Charles Dickens.

The 12-year-old civil war had claimed 1.5 million lives.

The two companies are claiming $500 million each in damages from the government.

Thousands of people who should get welfare payments never even bother to claim them.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At Tiverton in 1809 they had claimed they had received the same rate for 300 years!

Euro Disney claims that one of its tour operators has sold 70 percent of its first three months of Euro Disney allocations.

He claimed he was inside for not paying his poll tax.

He carried a heavy lad one day, claiming to be weighted by the problems of the world.

Not even the most unreconstructed Keynesian would ever claim that the General Theory was an easy read.

She claimed to be doing it only for Jeeta, but there was real, wilful contrariness in it, I suspected.

The prosecution had claimed that the furniture factory boss resolved to kill his second wife Helen when she walked out on him.

Yardley was proud that he was one of the few bowlers who could claim to have dismissed Bradman three times in Tests.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

extravagant

To these ends, the most extravagant claims were made.

The extravagant claims made were more significant for what they anticipated than for what could then be accomplished.

The Secretary of State made more extravagant claims for the Bill than its content would justify.

Naturally there is a lot of grandstanding and extravagant claims .

But all these rather extravagant claims have had to be made via the old-fashioned printed page.

Postwar politics made extravagant claims for its own power, and unsurprisingly failed to deliver.

false

Many asked for more clearly presented and detailed information with less false claims .

This was long before Eastern Airlines fired him for moral turpitude and for making false claims about a medical background.

He had also threatened to make false claims of homosexual advances.

Insurance companies started hiring him to find stolen goods and investigate false claims .

Why does not the Prime Minister address those issues of life and death instead of parading false claims about his Government?

Editors also object to overblown or false claims .

Clients often make false claims of cold-calling; sometimes so they might avoid paying for the shares they bought.

small

This is described as the de minimis and serves as confirmation that the vendor will not be troubled by small claims .

Few lawsuits concerning teachers, however, will qualify for small claims court.

The County Court is particularly useful in that it operates a small claims procedure.

The best you could expect under your statutory rights would be a small compensation claim .

It was certainly used as an argument in support of the establishment of special courts with simplified procedure to deal with small claims .

And they took their case to the small claims court.

As a last resort they can take late-payers to the small claims court.

The Civil Justice Review recommended that the small claims limit be increased to £1,000.

■ NOUN

bonus

With two exceptions all have obtained no claim bonus rebates.

A much smaller increase in premium where you loose your no claims bonus following an accident than with most other insurers.

If this is the only payment we make, it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus.

Although you can protect your 60% no claim bonus your premium may increase if you make claims or you receive motoring convictions.

compensation

But a judge dismissed her compensation claim .

I can't file a worker's compensation claim for him as he doesn't have landed-immigrant status yet.

After retiring from the Chiefs in 1995, he filed a workers' compensation claim for injuries dating back to 1979.

The best you could expect under your statutory rights would be a small compensation claim .

Dear Help Wanted: I may be receiving a lump sum of money to settle a workers' compensation claim .

Voice over Ray's now waiting for the outcome of his compensation claim .

Absenteeism and workers' compensation claims have fallen sharply.

form

Although social workers may supply patients with a claim form for state benefits, they rarely assist or follow through the claims.

In fact, some people would not sign the claim form , which contained a general release of Harvester.

Otherwise you should contact your local council and ask for a claim form for community charge benefit.

Claims should be made by completing the claim form at the back of leaflet NI205.

An application for the allowance should be made on the mortgage allowance claim form .

During the winter months, look out for announcements on Cold Weather Payments and a claim form in your local paper.

insurance

They recommended a glazier, a brush and an insurance claim .

It also frees the company from any substantial future insurance claims .

Guppy and Marsh, having lodged their bogus insurance claim , flew back to New York on Concorde.

Managers of unclaimed property often have experience in insurance claims analysis and records management.

Measures being taken include increasing the amount a property owner must pay towards an insurance claim .

The package will cover areas not covered by insurance claims and will be directed mainly at the fish farming industry.

Unemployment insurance claims have been rising rapidly.

■ VERB

back

And there are 150 members of the Royal Commonwealth Pool's own judo club to back up that claim .

No evidence was offered to back up the claim .

And, even relations such as these may not be enough to back up counterfactual claims like the one Poulantzas offers.

Any prophet could say that, but the Mormons had guns to back their claims on the Promised Land.

None of these writers produced research evidence to back up their claims , basing them exclusively on clinical practice and theoretical projections.

But Weisberg said there was insufficient evidence to back that claim in the Menendez case.

It will be hard for him to back up those claims now that they have been contemptuously dismissed by Dintilhac.

All that is material to this case is what substantial evidence Frank has to back up his claim about Militant infiltration.

based

Gundovald's bid for the throne was based on his claim to Merovingian blood.

bring

Either Alice or Bert could bring such a claim if they suffered damage.

They are also denied the statutory right to bring their dependants or claim supplementary benefits.

deny

Le Carre repeatedly denied the claim .

Gerald Kingsland, now in New Zealand, denies the claims .

The couple - a man and a woman - deny the claim .

In this way beliefs and values are denied their claim to be real knowledge.

Those who persevere are nearly always told that the teacher has denied their claims .

He denies the claim from opponents that foxhunting is a barbaric sport.

The Navy has denied his claims .

dismiss

But a judge dismissed her compensation claim .

She said it would be premature to dismiss the racketeering claim or rule out damages.

But it could also be used to dismiss the claims , even of empiricists, that they knew how nature works.

He dismissed as unreasonable her claim that she should have enough to buy her own farm.

We can not dismiss claims about, say, alternative medicine or acupuncture a priori.

Is that a reason to dismiss them or their claims ?

At first instance the trial judge dismissed the claim .

Nolan J. dismissed the claim but the Court of Appeal, by a majority, reversed his decision.

dispute

Lothian and Borders Police admitted liability but disputed her claim for £75,000 damages.

But department administrators dispute those claims , saying the system is on its way to becoming the finest in the nation.

To dispute the priority claims of others.

Vaca disputes that claim but acknowledges that despondency over years of abuse had affected his ministry.

Architects and surveyors will have to be called to give evidence in support of, or to dispute , such claims .

The California Department of Insurance has 372 disputed claims on its books.

He disputed the claim that the funding in any way promoted Inkatha.

The husband disputes the claim , on the ground that there was no consideration for his promise.

file

No fee is payable on filing a claim .

Before her death in June 1985, Gentile filed a claim against the town alleging the ticketing was harassment.

Critics say professional athletes have been abusing the generous California system by filing claims from out of state.

The tenant filed a claim against the landlord to recover his losses.

In 1990, 17 employees filed claims with the watchdog agency.

There is no comparable question for the death of Nicole Simpson because the Brown family chose not to file a wrongful-death claim .

lay

Fairfax tells me that he is a suitor, eager to lay claim to a girl who is now only eleven.

These difficulties are due to the conflicts that arise between both institutions that lay claim to democratic legitimacy.

With his victory in Florida officially certified, Bush announced new moves to lay claim to the White House.

This was the Viking, and he had laid claim to all that was truly his.

Yet who else can lay claim to winning four gold medals at four successive Olympic Games?

Only the very reckless or very good at fighting would lay a claim to be Top Cat himself.

make

We can not pay if farmers do not make the claims .

J &038; J never said it had made illegal marketing claims .

I could make large mystical claims for democracy.

It would be absurd to make high claims for the international morality of the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

How are individuals to know which ones are legitimate and which ones are shams making fake claims ?

When women do try to make such claims , this sets up predictable antagonisms between brothers and sisters.

The football team is making a claim on her.

press

Contact your tax office and press your claim .

It has no pressing economic claim on my conscience.

New bodies emerged to represent and press the claims of the more assertive national minorities.

With Jamie Pollock suspended for one match, Proctor could press his claims for a recall to the squad.

Almost certainly some suitors must have continued to press their claims through courtiers and household servants.

pursue

The Court of Appeal concluded that he ordinarily worked outside Great Britain and was therefore unable to pursue an unfair dismissal claim .

These include pursuing a claim for policy excess, car hire charges and loss of the use of one's vehicle.

Where that does not resolve any difficulty, the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors' Complaints Bureau.

Overall, it may be difficult to discover whether there is enough evidence to pursue a claim .

We will pursue a claim against those responsible for your accident.

It seems we may be able to pursue a negligence claim in respect of the fire.

However, it also has its own panel to whom it recommends people wishing to pursue a medical negligence claim .

reject

Lord Cullen rejected the Timex claim , however.

The Court only examined and rejected a claim based on religious beliefs of immunity from an unquestioned general rule.

Once again, in their view, the world would have rejected their country's claim to international respect.

The rejected claims could be resubmitted for further review by the carrier.

FitzGerald flatly rejects this claim , but on this point her argument strikes me as thin.

Gandhi rejects outright claims made concerning the superior or inferior status of religions.

The Appeal Court also rejected the prosecution's claim that the mutineers had tried to mount a coupd'etat.

But equally it rejects the Soviet claim that the revolutionaries were spokesmen for the masses.

settle

In 1998 the federal government settled 220 claims involving priests and nuns who had been convicted of criminal abuse.

It had set aside $ 24 million to settle claims by former managers that it had failed to pay required overtime.

If the courts were to try to settle each claim on a case-by-case basis, it could take for ever.

He approached the conference sponsors with a proposition: He would settle his claim without a suit for twenty-six thousand dollars.

In all, London Underground has settled 60 out of 80 claims arising out of the disaster, to the tune of £2m.

But they face the sale of most of the rest of their property in order to settle creditors' claims .

Strenuous efforts were made last weekend to settle the outstanding claim of the town of Seveso itself.

stake

Oxford blew their chance to stake a claim in the promotion race.

In the last six months, two fledgling dirt-shirt companies have staked claims to this earthy enterprise.

Those undertaking the drainage were quick to stake their claim to the best bits of land.

Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory.

Shastri died in 1966, and Indira Gandhi staked her claim .

Other fish may have already staked their claim to other hiding places in your aquarium.

It is another chance for Beagrie to stake a claim in his helter - skelter Goodison career.

And Dad and Mum staked the claim so they have Galactic rights.

substantiate

To substantiate claims of priority, etc. 8.

He asked Wong to require the organization to substantiate its claim .

Thus, a certain historical myopia is required to substantiate territorial claims .

But these are no greater than are required to substantiate a claim to professional status.

Though the standard of evidence we demand to substantiate extraordinary claims is high, it is not impossibly high.

Three main reasons can be put forward to substantiate this claim .

Regarding recruitment of staff, there is little factual evidence available to substantiate the claim either way.

Bell, however, offers no direct evidence to substantiate the claim that there has been a shift in demand to services.

support

But we must not support the innateness claim with the wrong arguments.

This will help you support your claims , create continuity within the document, and use interesting language and ideas.

It was supported in this claim by the Trustee of Lord Northampton's Settlement, who is co-defendant.

A letter from Fremont to Senator Benton supports this claim .

Or are public subsidies being given to support unspecified claims about cultural maintenance, diversity, and development?

There is no evidence to support this claim .

Some patterns in the survey evidence seem to support this claim .

Cameron did not satisfy the state law requirements to support a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

bring charges/a lawsuit/a court case/a prosecution/a claim (against sb)

lay claim to (doing) sth

Dole himself did not expect to lay claim to the title of presumptive nominee until after the March 26 primary in California.

I'd guess it also can lay claim to the oldest leader of a still-functioning organisation today.

Initially these had been one hundred and seventy-five men and twenty-five horses laying claim to an empire of fourteen million.

They seem to lay claim to being purely of the mind's eye, a manifestation of pure objectivity.

This latter idea could lay claim to a basis in ideas of collegiality - but only of a limited nature.

With his victory in Florida officially certified, Bush announced new moves to lay claim to the White House.

no-claims bonus

Shouldn't we, therefore, be entitled to a no-claims bonus ?

prior claim

Ace had a prior claim on the Doctor's affections.

Bondholders, on the other hand, have a prior claim on the firm.

You have a prior claim on him.

stake (out) a claim

Both countries have staked a claim to the islands.

Griffey has already staked a claim to this year's Most Valuable Player award.

He may have staked a claim for a regular place, particularly if Steven Gerrard is not fit.

In the last six months, two fledgling dirt-shirt companies have staked claims to this earthy enterprise.

It is another chance for Beagrie to stake a claim in his helter - skelter Goodison career.

It was in her desperate kisses, the way she clutched at him, her hands roving possessively, staking out claims.

Others will have already staked a claim with tripods and telescopes.

Oxford blew their chance to stake a claim in the promotion race.

We staked claim to the two-man tents set on a steep slope in the rain forest.

Weedy horrors Weeds are opportunists, quick to stake a claim for any vacant patch of ground they find.

take/claim/seize the moral high ground

Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.

Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.

wage claim

In the summer of 1953 the union carried out strikes and go-slows in support of a wage claim, but were locked out.

Many, therefore, blamed Callaghan for the explosion in union wage claims that followed in the early seventies.

Meanwhile, trade unions became more active in their wage claims, and a vicious price-wage-price spiral developed.

Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle: they must stand firm over their wage claim.

The union will engage in negotiations with the employers in an attempt to persuade them that the wage claim is justified.

There was also concern that a renewed upturn in inflation could inflame wage claims in the forthcoming pay round.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After the fire we made a claim to our insurance company.

Don't believe all of the health claims that are printed on food labels.

His claim to the house was finally recognized by the court.

No one can dispute the Mohawks' claim to this land.

The local people's claims for compensation from the chemical factory have so far been ignored.

They've paid out $30,000 in worker's compensation claims.

They have a mining claim on the Salmon River.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Ask for this claim to be investigated, and find out whether anyone has been found responsible and brought to justice.

Have your policy or claim number ready as a reference.

Maisha and Tiger meet us outside baggage claim , and Maisha is looking terrific as usual.

One of his more excessive claims was that the abrupt ending of a relationship could be more damaging than bereavement.

The friar suddenly realised that Cranston's claim that Allingham was murdered was really a piece of pure guesswork on his part.

There is no proof of these claims.

There were no tourism survey results available to support claims that very late hours were needed, he added.

These claims are now examined by considering the position of each sector in turn.

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