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LAY CLAIM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

Example:

Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident

Synonyms:

arrogate; claim; lay claim

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "lay claim" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

claim; take (lay claim to; as of an idea)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay claim"):

pretend (put forward a claim and assert right or possession of)

requisition (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)

arrogate; assign (make undue claims to having)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

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