claimant

/'keimənt/ Cách viết khác : (claimer) /'kleimə/

Thân thiện

The claimant filled out the form to apply for the benefit.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who makes a formal request or demand for something they believe they are entitled to: This refers to someone who asserts a right to a benefit, property, title, or payment. 2. A person who initiates a legal action; a plaintiff: In a legal context, this is the party who brings a case against another in a court of law.

Usage and Examples

• General Usage (Benefit/Right):

  • The insurance company is processing requests from each claimant.
  • She was the rightful claimant to her grandfather's estate.

• Legal/Formal Usage:

  • The claimant in the lawsuit is seeking damages for breach of contract.
  • The court will hear testimony from the claimant and the defendant.

Advanced Usage

• "Successful/unsuccessful claimant": Describes whether the person's claim was granted or recognized.
  • The successful claimant received the full compensation.
• "Rival claimants": Refers to multiple parties asserting a right to the same thing.
  • Rival claimants to the throne led to a conflict.

Variants and Related Words

• Claim (verb/noun): The act of demanding or asserting a right; the thing demanded.
  • He decided to claim his inheritance.
• Claimable (adjective): Able to be claimed.
• Claimancy (noun - rare): The state of being a claimant.

Synonyms

• Applicant: A person who makes a formal application for something.
• Petitioner: A person who presents a petition to an authority.
• Plaintiff (Legal): A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
• Supplicant: A person making a humble plea to someone in power.

Antonyms

• Grantor: A person who grants a right or property.
• Defendant (Legal): An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
• Donor: A person who gives or donates something.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "To stake a claim": To assert one's right to something.
  • He moved west to stake a claim on a piece of land. (Note: This idiom uses the related noun "claim," not "claimant" directly).

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who claims a benefit or right or title
   • claimants of unemployment compensation
   • he was a claimant to the throne