claim · a) RIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOan official request for money that you think you have a right toclaim for claims for compensationreject/uphold/lose etc a ... Claim · Pay claim · Counter-claim · Expenses claim

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprior claimprior claima person's right to something which is considered more important than another person's ...

someone who claims something, especially money, from the government, a court etc because they think they have a right to it

money that an employee spends on things such as food and travel while they are doing their job, which their employer then pays back to them.

the right of a person or organization that is owed money by a bankrupt company to be paid before others that are also owed money.

claim verb [T] (REQUEST). to demand something of value because you believe it belongs to you or you have a right to it: If no one claims the money, I can keep ...

From Longman Business Dictionarydamage claimˈdamage claimINSURANCE an insurance claim for something that has been damaged but not completely lostThere is ...

claim ; attention/thought · to get or take somebody's attention. A most unwelcome event claimed his attention. ; gain/win · to gain, win or achieve something. She ...

to say that something belongs to you or say that you deserve something. The town can lay claim to having the oldest theatre in Britain.

a statement that something is true, although you have not proved it заявлять, утверждать [ + (that) ] She claimed that the dog attacked her.