What is the meaning of CLAIM. Phrases containing CLAIM
See meanings and uses of CLAIM!Slangs & AI meanings
Claimo is British slang for a fortuitous accident where no one is hurt but the insurance claim is paid.
Likely comes from the black singer Terence Trent D'Arby, who claimed that his debut album was the most important album since "Sgt. Pepper" and then bored his audience with self-important lyrics, losing major credibility in the process.
A claim – as in “got dibs†on that seat
To provide the materials a prospector needs, including food and money, in return for a percentage of any claim that the prospector might find.
n 1. The range of the authority or influence of a person, group, or thing; a bailiwick: 2. A geographical area; a territory. 3. The area claimed by a gang, as of youths, as its personal territory. tr.v. turfed, turfing, turfs To kill.
Derisive term for boomers, all of whom presumably claimed to have held, at some time, the tough job of night yardmaster at Pocatello, Idaho
A derogatory word for Anglos. One source claims it comes from a shortening of the title of a popular song during the Mexican War: "Green Grow the Lilacs."
Claim is British slang for to grab hold of someone. Claim is British slang for to arrest.
One’s home, lodgings, or community. Also commonly referred to prospector’s mining claims.
If it is a man's turn to work and he is not called, he may claim pay for the work he missed. He has been given the run-around
The act of doing pullups/chinups by jerking your body, or in other words, using momentum. Looked down upon by lifters but in gymnastics, the explosive kipping pullup is useful. It’s gotten a bad rep due to CultFitters claiming it to be the end-all, be-all (see below.)
A term for "Rum". There is a legend that states that following Horatio Nelson's victory and death at the Battle of Trafalgar, his body was preserved in a cask of rum. When the cask arrived in England, there was no rum in the cask. It was discovered that the sailors had drilled a hole in the bottom of the cask and had drunk all the rum, hence the term "Nelson's Blood". The details of the story are disputed, as many historians claim the cask contained French brandy. Still, the nickname happily persists.
Expense claim form... jokingly of course.
n 1. A claim; rights: I have dibs on that last piece of pie. 2. Money, especially in small amounts.
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One who claims; a claimant.
n.
The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.
v. t.
To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
n.
The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
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Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.
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Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.
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Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.
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Having no claim.
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Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
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A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
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The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.
v. i.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
v. t.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
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Capable of being claimed.
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The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
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The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
v. t.
To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
n.
One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
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