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reclaim Definition

re·claim (ri klām′)

transitive verb

  1. to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform
  2. to make (wasteland, desert, etc.) capable of being cultivated or lived on, as by filling, ditching, or irrigating
  3. to recover (useful materials) from waste products
  4. 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

re·claim′·able adjective re·claim′·ant noun or re·claim′er

reclaim Synonyms

reclaim

v.

  1. To bring into usable condition

    rescue, restore, work over, regenerate, redeem, recondition, recover, recover from refuse, recycle, convert, enhance, remodel, develop; see also recover 1, restore 3.

  2. To reform

    rehabilitate, mend, improve; see reform 1, 2. See syn. study at recover.

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

  • 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.