2022-02-03 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - demand & claim

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2022-02-03

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - demand & claim

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง demand = “dih-MAHND”

ออกเสียง claim = “KLEYM”

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:

demand & claim

Demand means “to ask for with authority,”

“to insist boldly”:

“He demanded to see the charges against him.”

 

Claim means “to assert a right”: 

“The driver claimed that he was entitled to a hearing.” 

Claim should not be used

 when you mean say, assert, state, or declare unless a right is involved: “The student claimed his right to an examination.”

“The student asserted (or said or stated or declared) that he was going to college.”

 

Dictionary.com:

HISTORICAL USAGE OF CLAIM

The English noun claim comes from the verb, 

which in turn comes from the Old French verb clamer (stem claim- )

“to summon to law, affirm vigorously,” from the Latin verb clāmāre 

“to shout, accompany with shouts, shout the name of.”
The verb claim originally meant 

“to assert a legal right, to make a demand for something that is one’s due.” 

In the 19th century, claim developed a looser, less strict sense, 

especially in American usage, 

“to make an unsubstantiated statement; assert or maintain as a fact,”

a meaning considered inelegant at that time 

but also one that occurs in the writings of Chaucer.

The legal term quitclaim meaning “to quit or give up a right or claim” dates from the 14th century in England. 

 

The noun claim meaning “a request or demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy” dates from the 19th century.

 

Just as we intuitively understand the relationship between claim and quitclaim, 

it's pretty clear how the words acclaim, reclaim, proclaim, etc., 

are related in meaning and etymology to claim.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Choose the Right Synonym for demand

Verb

Demand, Claim, Require, Exact 

mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary.

Demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands.  

demanded payment of the debt

Claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.  

claimed the right to manage his own affairs

  REQUIRE suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation.  

the patient requires constant attention

  EXACT implies not only demanding but getting what one demands.  

exacts absolute loyalty 

 

Collins COBUILD English Usage:

demand

Demand can be a noun or a verb.

1. used as a countable noun

A demand for something is a firm request for it.

There have been demands for better services.

 

2. used as an uncountable noun

Demand for a product or service is the amount of it that people want.

Demand for organic food rose by 10% last year.

 

3. used as a verb

If you demand something, you ask for it very forcefully.

They are demanding higher wages.

I demand to see a doctor.

She had been demanding that he visit her.

 

Be Careful!
When demand is a verb, don't use 'for' after it.

Don't say, for example, 'They are demanding for higher wages'.