laying claim

1. 1.

   the act of taking possession of or power over something

   “his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba”

   “the Nazi assumption of power in 1934”

   “he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts”

   Synonymsassumption

   Broaderacquisition

Questions about laying claim

What does laying claim mean?

laying claim means "the act of taking possession of or power over something".

What is another word for laying claim?

Close synonyms include assumption. 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.