reclaim

  • 11reclaim — An act carried out by a seller who has tendered a live cattle delivery certificate that the assigned buyer has retendered. A seller will do this to collect the retender fee. To reclaim, the original seller establishes a long position in the pit… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 12reclaim — [[t]rɪkle͟ɪm[/t]] reclaims, reclaiming, reclaimed 1) VERB If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back. [V n] In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship...… …

    English dictionary

  • 13reclaim — reclaimable, adj. reclaimer, n. /ri klaym /, v.t. 1. to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use. 2. to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc. 3. to bring… …

    Universalium

  • 14reclaim — UK [rɪˈkleɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms reclaim : present tense I/you/we/they reclaim he/she/it reclaims present participle reclaiming past tense reclaimed past participle reclaimed 1) a) to get something back that someone has taken from… …

    English dictionary

  • 15reclaim — re|claim [rıˈkleım] v [T] 1.) to get back an amount of money that you have paid = claim back ▪ You may be entitled to reclaim some tax. 2.) to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building ▪ Large areas of land will be… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16reclaim — /rəˈkleɪm / (say ruh klaym) verb (t) 1. to claim or demand the return or restoration of (something or someone): to reclaim baggage; to reclaim someone s affection. 2. to bring (wild, waste, or marshy land) into a condition for cultivation or… …

  • 17reclaim — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English reclamen, from Anglo French reclamer, from Latin reclamare to cry out, protest, from re + clamare to cry out more at claim Date: 14th century 1. a. to recall from wrong or improper conduct ; reform b.… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18Reclaim — The word Reclaim or Reclaiming can refer to :* Reclaiming words by promoting them with positive connotations * Land reclamation * Water reclamation * REgional CLean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM), an emissions trading program in California …

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  • 19reclaim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Reclaim is used after these nouns: ↑baggage {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Reclaim is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heritage, ↑identity, ↑land, ↑tax, ↑throne …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 20reclaim — v. (D; tr.) to reclaim from * * * [rɪ kleɪm] (D; tr.) to reclaim from …

    Combinatory dictionary