as in heir
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a person who believes that he or she has a right to something (such as an amount of money); a person who claims something
They are claimants to their father's estate. Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork. a dispute between two claimants to the throne
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The settlement, reached in April, set aside $55 million for claimants who received unemployment benefits in the pandemic but had the benefits taken away by the state.
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Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
As a condition of the bankruptcy filings, these companies created trust funds to pay out compensation on claims for active and future claimants.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump’s United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants.
—Anna Mehler Paperny, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
In an 80-page decision, Arbitrator Ruth Moscovitch detailed the essentially undisputed and voluminous violations of the agent regulations by the three claimants and found that the MLBPA investigation had been fair and thorough.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
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Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
As a condition of the bankruptcy filings, these companies created trust funds to pay out compensation on claims for active and future claimants.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump’s United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants.
—Anna Mehler Paperny, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
In an 80-page decision, Arbitrator Ruth Moscovitch detailed the essentially undisputed and voluminous violations of the agent regulations by the three claimants and found that the MLBPA investigation had been fair and thorough.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Claimant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claimant. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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