Unclaimed
verb (used with object)
1.
to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due:
to claim an estate by inheritance.
2.
to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one’s right to:
to claim payment for services.
3.
to assert or maintain as a fact:
She claimed that he was telling the truth.
4.
to require as due or fitting:
to claim respect.
verb (used without object)
5.
to make or file a claim:
to claim for additional compensation.
noun
6.
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
He made unreasonable claims on the doctor’s time.
7.
an assertion of something as a fact:
He made no claims to originality.
8.
a right to claim or demand; a just title to something:
His claim to the heavyweight title is disputed.
9.
something that is claimed, especially a piece of public land for which formal request is made for mining or other purposes.
10.
a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy, a workers’ compensation law, etc.:
We filed a claim for compensation from the company.
Idioms
11.
lay claim to, to declare oneself entitled to:
I have never laid claim to being an expert in tax laws.
adjective
1.
not having been claimed: £7 million in unclaimed prizes
verb (mainly transitive)
1.
to demand as being due or as one’s property; assert one’s title or right to: he claimed the record
2.
(takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to assert as a fact; maintain against denial: he claimed to be telling the truth
3.
to call for or need; deserve: this problem claims our attention
4.
to take: the accident claimed four lives
noun
5.
an assertion of a right; a demand for something as due
6.
an assertion of something as true, real, or factual: he made claims for his innocence
7.
a right or just title to something; basis for demand: a claim to fame
8.
lay claim to, stake a claim to, to assert one’s possession of or right to
9.
anything that is claimed, esp in a formal or legal manner, such as a piece of land staked out by a miner
10.
(law) a document under seal, issued in the name of the Crown or a court, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or refrain from doing some specified act former name writ1
11.
a demand for payment in connection with an insurance policy, etc
the sum of money demanded
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