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claimancy

claimancy noun: the state or quality of being a claimant.

Noun

claimancy (plural claimancies)

  1. The state or quality of being a claimant.
  2. A branch of the navy responsible for maintaining infrastructure, usually corresponding roughly to a command grouping.
    • He has effective authority to move his billets around within his claimancy as necessary to meet needs.1975, Navy Supply Corps Newsletter, page 6
    • One the most important roles of the claimancy is the management of the financial resources provided to the activities for operations and maintenance.1992, Naval School, Civil Engineer Corps Officers, Guide to public work management, page 2-15

Forms of claimancy

pluralclaimancies

Questions about claimancy

What does claimancy mean?
Claimancy means the state or quality of being a claimant.
What part of speech is claimancy?
Claimancy is a noun.
What is the plural of claimancy?
The plural of claimancy is claimancies.

Words near claimancy in the dictionary

  1. claim-jumping
  2. claimability
  3. claimable
  4. claimables
  5. claimancies
  6. claimancy
  7. claimant
  8. claimants
  9. claime
  10. claimed
  11. claimed someone's life

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