lay claim

Questions about lay claim

What does lay claim mean?

lay claim means "demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to".

What is another word for lay claim?

Close synonyms include claim, arrogate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lay claim a common word?

lay claim is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.