claimer.html - See: STAKE A CLAIM.

claimer.html - {n.} A ticket needed to get back something. * /The man at the parking lot gave Mrs. Collins a claim check./ * /The boy put the dry cleaning claim check in his billfold./ * /The man told Mary the pictures would be ready Friday and gave her a claim check./

claimer.html - A person claiming a state benefit (especially unemployment benefit). Etymology: A specialized use of the word claimant, which has been used in the more general sense of 'one who makes a claim' since the eighteenth century. History and Usage: The term has been used in official documents since the twenties, but was taken up by the claimants themselves in the seventies as a word offering solidarity; claimants' unions were formed and soon the word started to appear in new contexts such as notices announcing discounts. The administration argues that its tough program--reviewing records of claimants and actually cutting off benefits from persons deemed able to work--stems from a 1980 law. Christian Science Monitor 27 Mar. 1984, p.
17 A new and unneccessary hurdle for the thousands of claimants who have been unfairly thrown off the disability rolls. New York Times 26 Mar . 1986, section A, p.
22 See also unwaged

claimer.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 a (often foll. by that + clause) demand as one's due or property. b (usu. absol.) submit a request for payment under an insurance policy.
2 a represent oneself as having or achieving (claim victory; claim accuracy). b (foll. by to + infin.) profess (claimed to be the owner). c assert, contend (claim that one knows).
3 have as an achievement or a consequence (could then claim five wins; the fire claimed many victims).
4 (of a thing) deserve (one's attention etc.).

--n.

1 a a demand or request for something considered one's due (lay claim to; put in a claim). b an application for compensation under the terms of an insurance policy.
2 (foll. by to, on) a right or title to a thing (his only claim to fame; have many claims on my time).
3 a contention or assertion.
4 a thing claimed.
5 a statement of the novel features in a patent.
6 Mining a piece of land allotted or taken.

no claim (or claims) bonus a reduction of an insurance premium after an agreed period without a claim under the terms of the policy.

claimable adj. claimer n. [ME f. OF claime f. clamer call out f. L clamare]

claimer.html - n.
a person making a claim, esp. in a lawsuit or for a State benefit.

claimer.html - See: STAKE A CLAIM.