re ‧ claim /rɪˈkleɪm/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1 . to get back an amount of money that you have paid SYN claim back :
You may be entitled to reclaim some tax.
2 . to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building:
This land will be reclaimed for a new airport.
3 . to get back something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you:
I want to reclaim the championship that I lost in 1999.
4 . to obtain useful products from waste material ⇨ recycle :
You can reclaim old boards and use them as shelves.
—reclamation /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃ ə n/ noun [uncountable] :
land reclamation