Receive vs. Claim

Receiveverb

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.

‘She received many presents for her birthday.’;

Claimnoun

A demand of ownership made for something.

‘a claim of ownership’; ‘a claim of victory’;

Receiveverb

To take possession of.

Claimnoun

The thing claimed.

Receiveverb

To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.

‘to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.’;

Claimnoun

The right or ground of demanding.

‘You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.’;

Receiveverb

To incur (an injury).

‘I received a bloody nose from the collision.’;

Claimnoun

A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.

‘The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.’;

Receiveverb

To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.

Claimnoun

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

‘Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.’;

Receiveverb

(telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.

Claimnoun

(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Receiveverb

(sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

Claimverb

To demand ownership of.

Receiveverb

To be in a position to hit back a service.

Claimverb

To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.

Receiveverb

(American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.

Claimverb

To demand ownership or right to use for land.

Receiveverb

To accept into the mind; to understand.

Claimverb

(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.

Receivenoun

(telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.

Claimverb

(intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

Receiveverb

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.

‘Receyven all in gree that God us sent.’;

Claimverb

(archaic) To proclaim.

Receiveverb

Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

‘Our hearts receive your warnings.’; ‘The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.’;

Claimverb

(archaic) To call or name.

Receiveverb

To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

‘Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.’;

Claimverb

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

Receiveverb

To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

‘They kindled a fire, and received us every one.’;

Claimverb

To proclaim.

Receiveverb

To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

‘The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.’;

Claimverb

To call or name.

Receiveverb

To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

‘Against his will he can receive no harm.’;

Claimverb

To assert; to maintain.

Receiveverb

To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

Claimverb

To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

‘We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority.’;

Receiveverb

To bat back (the ball) when served.

‘Who, if we knewWhat we receive, would either not acceptLife offered, or soon beg to lay it down.’;

Claimnoun

A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

Receiveverb

To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

Claimnoun

A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.

Receiveverb

To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.

Claimnoun

The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; ; as, a settler's claim; a miner's claim.

Receiveverb

get something; come into possession of;

‘receive payment’; ‘receive a gift’; ‘receive letters from the front’;

Claimnoun

A loud call.

Receiveverb

receive a specified treatment (abstract);

‘These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation’; ‘His movie received a good review’; ‘I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions’;

Claimnoun

an assertion of a right (as to money or property);

‘his claim asked for damages’;

Receiveverb

recieve (perceptual input);

‘pick up a signal’;

Claimnoun

an assertion that something is true or factual;

‘his claim that he was innocent’; ‘evidence contradicted the government's claims’;

Receiveverb

of mental or physical states or experiences;

‘get an idea’; ‘experience vertigo’; ‘get nauseous’; ‘undergo a strange sensation’; ‘The chemical undergoes a sudden change’; ‘The fluid undergoes shear’; ‘receive injuries’; ‘have a feeling’;

Claimnoun

demand for something as rightful or due;

‘they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day’;

Receiveverb

express willingness to have in one's home or environs;

‘The community warmly received the refugees’;

Claimnoun

an informal right to something;

‘his claim on her attentions’; ‘his title to fame’;

Receiveverb

accept as true or valid;

‘He received Christ’;

Claimnoun

an established or recognized right;

‘a strong legal claim to the property’; ‘he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate’; ‘he staked his claim’;

Receiveverb

bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

Claimnoun

a demand especially in the phrase

‘the call of duty’;

Receiveverb

convert into sounds or pictures;

‘receive the incoming radio signals’;

Claimverb

assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;

‘He claimed that he killed the burglar’;

Receiveverb

experience as a reaction;

‘My proposal met with much opposition’;

Claimverb

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

‘He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter’; ‘Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident’;

Receiveverb

have or give a reception;

‘The lady is receiving Sunday morning’;

Claimverb

ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example;

‘They claimed on the maximum allowable amount’;

Receiveverb

receive as a retribution or punishment;

‘He got 5 years in prison’;

Claimverb

lay claim to; as of an idea;

‘She took credit for the whole idea’;

Receiveverb

partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

Claimverb

take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

‘the accident claimed three lives’; ‘The hard work took its toll on her’;

Receiveverb

regard favorably or with disapproval;

‘Her new collection of poems was not well received’;

Claimverb

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof

‘‘I'm entitled to be conceited,’ he claimed’; ‘not every employee is eligible to claim unfair dismissal’; ‘the Prime Minister claimed that he was concerned about Third World debt’;

Claimverb

assert that one has gained or achieved (something)

‘his supporters claimed victory in the presidential elections’;

Claimverb

formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something)

‘if no one claims the items, they will become Crown property’;

Claimverb

make a demand for (money) under the terms of an insurance policy

‘the premiums are reduced by fifty per cent if you don't claim on the policy’;

Claimverb

call for (someone's notice and thought)

‘a most unwelcome event claimed his attention’;

Claimverb

cause the loss of (someone's life)

‘the attacks claimed the lives of five people’;

Claimnoun

an assertion that something is true

‘he was dogged by the claim that he had CIA links’;

Claimnoun

a statement of the novel features in a patent

‘the two patents based on his claims will be reconfirmed’;

Claimnoun

a demand or request for something considered one's due

‘the court had denied their claims to asylum’;

Claimnoun

an application for compensation under the terms of an insurance policy

‘he should make a claim on his house insurance for storm damage’;

Claimnoun

a right or title to something

‘they have first claim on the assets of the trust’;

Claimnoun

a piece of land allotted to or taken by someone in order to be mined

‘each of them was to be rewarded with a farm and a number of mining claims in the land’;