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an entitlement to something<Iʼm announcing my claim to that last slice of pizza>Synonymscall, pretense (or pretence), pretension, rightRelated Wordsbirthright, prerogative; favor, privilege; refusal
2
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something<a shareholder has a claim in the business>— see interest 1
3
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something<Galileo's claim that the moon has a very irregular surface and thus is not the perfect sphere that the ancients had imagined>— see protestation
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something that someone insists upon having<young children make great claims on their parentsʼ time>— see demand 1
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