Definitions of claim:

• noun:   demand for something as rightful or due

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

• noun:   an informal right to something

  Example: "His claim on her attentions"

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

  Example: "His claim asked for damages"

• noun:   an assertion that something is true or factual

  Example: "His claim that he was innocent"

• noun:   an established or recognized right

  Example: "A strong legal claim to the property"

• noun:   a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
• verb:   demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

  Example: "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"

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

  Example: "The accident claimed three lives"

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

  Example: "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

  Example: "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"