claim

/ˈklām/

Middle English, from Anglo-French claimer, clamer, from Latin clamare to cry out, shout; akin to Latin calare to call

verb

  1. to ask for especially as a right

  2. to call for : require

  3. take

claimed the inheritance

this matter claims our attention

demand claim require exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary. demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands. claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.

noun

  1. a demand for something due or believed to be due

  2. a right to something; specifically : a title to a debt, privilege, or other thing in the possession of another

  3. an assertion open to challenge

an insurance claim

noun

  1. a document with information about why a person should be given money

filled out an insurance claim form