| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due: claim, pretense, pretension. Slang : dibs. See OWNED, REQUEST. 2. A right or legal share in something: claim, interest, portion, stake. See PART. 3. The word or words by which one is called and identified: appellation, appellative, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, name, nickname, style, tag. Slang : handle, moniker. See SPECIFIC, WORDS. 4. The fact of possessing or the legal right to possess something: dominion, ownership, possession, proprietorship. See OWNED. 5. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution: opus, publication, volume, work. See WORDS. | | VERB: | To give a name or title to: baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, name, style, term. See SPECIFIC, WORDS.
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