claimable

transitive verb

1. to demand or ask for as rightfully belonging or due to one; assert one's right to (a title, accomplishment, etc. that should be recognized) to claim a record in the high jump
2. to call for; require; deserve a problem that claims attention
3. ☆ to state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert

Etymology: ME claimen < OFr claimer, to call, claim < L clamare, to cry out: see clamor

noun

1. a demand for something rightfully or allegedly due
2. a right or title to something her sole claim to fame
3. something claimed, as
   1. a piece of land staked out by a settler or miner
   2. money demanded for an insurance settlement
4. ☆ a statement, as a fact, of something that may be called into question; assertion