Claim

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NOUN

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

an assertion that something is true or factual

demand for something as rightful or due

an informal right to something

an established or recognized right

a demand especially in the phrase the call of duty

VERB

assert or affirm strongly

demand as being one's due or property

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

lay claim to

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

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