(claimant)

  • 11claimant — noun Claimant is used after these nouns: ↑social security …

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  • 12claimant —    a poor person supported in part or whole by the state    They claim money to which they are entitled from public agencies etc.:     Reductions for Students, OAPs and Claimants. (Theatre Wales poster, October, 1981 despite the standard English… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 13claimant — noun (C) 1 someone who claims something, especially money, from the government, a court etc because they think they have a right to it: The company was ordered to recompense the claimant for damages. 2 someone who makes a claim, for example under …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14claimant — noun the claimant was a passenger on the derailed train Syn: applicant, candidate, supplicant; petitioner, plaintiff, litigant, appellant …

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  • 15claimant — claim ► VERB 1) state as being the case, without being able to give proof. 2) demand as one s due. 3) call for (someone s attention). 4) request (money) under the terms of an insurance policy. 5) cause the loss of (someone s life). ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 16claimant — /klay meuhnt/, n. a person who makes a claim. [1740 50; CLAIM + ANT] * * * …

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  • 17claimant — noun a) One who claims; one who makes a claim. b) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar …

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  • 18claimant — Synonyms and related words: accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, applicant, aspirant, bidder, candidate, complainant, delator, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, libelant, party, petitioner, plaintiff, postulant, prosecutor, seeker,… …

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  • 19claimant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pretender, pleader, claimer, heir. See request. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. petitioner, applicant, claimer; see candidate . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. One who sets forth a claim to a royal title:… …

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  • 20claimant — clai|mant [ˈkleımənt] n someone who claims something, especially money, from the government, a court etc because they think they have a right to it ▪ benefit claimants …

    Dictionary of contemporary English