English-Finnish translations for lay claim

• vaatia
  Voivatko Venäjän ja Ukrainan kaltaiset maat vaatia jäsenyyttä? Will countries like Russia or the Ukraine in future be able to lay claim to membership?
  Arvoisa pääministeri, te ja kolleganne voitte vaatia nimiinne huomattavan määrän saavutuksia. You and your colleagues, Mr Prime Minister, can lay claim to a remarkable series of achievements.
  Ajatus on kuitenkin kulkenut eteenpäin ja sen voidaan mahdollisesti vaatia toteutuvan vuoden 2010 tai 2020 Euroopassa. However, it has stayed the course and may possibly lay claim to a place in the Europe of 2010 or that of 2020.
• vaatia itselleen

Definition of lay claim

• To say that something belongs to oneself

Examples

• Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.

Related words

• clay layer
• Claydon with Clattercot
• clay pigeon
• clay
• claymore
• clay brick
• Clay-colored Robin
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• clay loam