reclaim Definition
re·claim (ri klām′)
transitive verb
- to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform
- to make (wasteland, desert, etc.) capable of being cultivated or lived on, as by filling, ditching, or irrigating
- to recover (useful materials) from waste products
- Obsolete to tame or subdue (a hawk)
Etymology: ME reclaimen < OFr réclamer < L reclamare, to cry out against: see re- & claim
noun
reclamation beyond reclaim
reclaim Related Forms
reclaim Synonyms
reclaim
v.
reclaim Usage Examples
Object
- VAT: Our invoices also provide Line Item detail allowing you to reclaim the relevant VAT on the full retail price of an item.
- elm: Made of reclaimed elm with a natural finish to bring out the lovely wood grain.
- tax: You may also be able to reclaim tax you've overpaid on them in the past.
- marshland: The Leisure Center is erected upon reclaimed marshland while William Low's supermarket is built on a bank of the loch.
- timber: The workers produce wooden garden and wildlife products all from reclaimed timber, which would otherwise have gone to land fill or burnt.
- land: Much of what was built on the reclaimed land of William Hull remains today.
Preposition: on
donation: Gift Aid Declaration: I am a UK taxpayer and have paid tax equal to or more than the amount reclaimed on this donation.
Subject
- nature: Now these places are silent; reclaimed by nature, engulfed by a swarm of diversity.
- charity: The only requirement is that the donor must have paid tax equal to the amount to be reclaimed by the charity.
Adjective complement
28p: Do you know that under the Government's current Gift Aid Scheme we can reclaim 28p for every £ 1 you donate?
Modifying Another Word
- automatically: Some ID systems employ ` ` garbage collection ' ' to automatically reclaim memory that is not being actively used.
- then: You can then reclaim the remaining 18 % of the tax paid on any gifts in your annual tax return.
- recently: The suit sign of pomegranates probably alludes to the recently reclaimed kingdom of Granada.
- now: We may now reclaim tax on donations of any amount, provided that the donor has paid sufficient Income Tax to cover the claim.
Used with why or when
- what: We have to change the UN, to reclaim what is ours.
- where: VAT can usually only be reclaimed where it relates to the activities on which you charge VAT, e.g. if you sold consultancy services.
Preposition: from
sea: They are said to have been reclaimed from the sea by the monks of Crowland Abbey some nine hundred years ago.
Preposition: for
agriculture: The former bog sites are now in carr ( wet woodland ) or have been reclaimed for agriculture.
Preposition: by
Browse dictionary entries near reclaim
- ‹ reckoning
- ‹ reckon
- ‹ Recklinghausen
- ‹ recklessly
- ‹ reckless disregard
- ‹ reckless
- ‹ reck
- ‹ recite
- ‹ recitative
- ‹ recitation

