Definition of "Claim" :

noun: demand for something as rightful or due

"They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day."

noun: an informal right to something

"His claim on her attentions."

noun: an established or recognized right

"A strong legal claim to the property."

noun: an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

"His claim asked for damages."

noun: an assertion that something is true or factual

"His claim that he was innocent."

noun: a demand especially in the phrase

verb: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

"The accident claimed three lives."

verb: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

"He claimed that he killed the burglar."

verb: lay claim to; as of an idea

verb: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example

"They claimed on the maximum allowable amount."

verb: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

"He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter."