complaint

complaint: complaint com‧plaint [kəmˈpleɪnt] noun

1. [countable, uncountable] a written or spoken statement by someone complaining about something:

• Our sales assistants are trained to deal with customer complaints in a friendly manner.

• a letter of complaint

complaint about

• Thousands of customers have made complaints about the bank's Internet banking service.

2. [countable] LAW a statement made by a person bringing a case or making a claim in a court of law, stating the facts upon which the case or claim is based

3. [countable] LAW a statement made by one person against another in a legal case, either in a court or to an officer of the court:

• The defence counsel pointed out that the complaint had not been served until 14 February this year.

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complaint UK US /kəmˈpleɪnt/ noun

► [C] a written or spoken statement in which someone says that somebody has done something wrong or that something is not satisfactory: lodge/make/receive a complaint »The council has said that it received complaints but that it cannot disclose details.
deal with/handle complaints »They have an efficient system in place for dealing with customer complaints.
complaint about sb/sth »The gas company has promised to investigate the man's complaint about a quarterly bill for £1,500.
complaint against sb/sth »Complaints against an employment agency should be made to the Employment Agencies Standards office.

► [C or U] the act of complaining, or a reason for someone to complain: »The biggest complaint about the new proposal is that it could increase costs.
cause/grounds for complaint »On this occasion, shareholders have little cause for complaint.
»We have received several letters of complaint.

► [C] LAW a formal statement that someone has harmed somebody else or done something illegal, which must be proved in a court of law: file/lodge a complaint »A complaint alleging financial wrongdoing was lodged with the district attorney's office.

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Synonyms:

Murmur, lamentation, plaint, lament, wail / Malady, disease, ailment, ail, illness, indisposition, disorder, distemper, sickness / Accusation, charge, information

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complaint — com·plaint n 1: the initial pleading that starts a lawsuit and that sets forth the allegations made by the plaintiff against the defendant and the plaintiff s demand for relief see also prayer, process, well pleaded complaint rule compare … Law dictionary
Complaint — Com*plaint (k[o^]m*pl[=a]nt ), n. [F. complainte. See {Complain}.] 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault finding. [1913 Webster] I poured out my complaint before him. Ps. cxlii. 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
complaint — late 14c., lamentation, grief, from O.Fr. complainte (12c.) complaint, lament, noun use of fem. pp. of complaindre (see COMPLAIN (Cf. complain)). Meaning bodily ailment is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as complaints) … Etymology dictionary
complaint — [n1] statement of disagreement, discontent accusation, annoyance, beef*, cavil, CC*, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, expostulation, fault finding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff*, jeremiad, kick, lament, moan, objection,… … New thesaurus
Complaint — expression of dissatisfaction by any person or organization to a conformity assessment body or accreditation body, relating to the activities of that body, where a response is expected (p. 6.5 ISO 17000/IEC:2004, p. 3.9 ISO/IEC 17011:2004).… … Словарь-справочник терминов нормативно-технической документации
complaint — ► NOUN 1) an act of complaining. 2) a reason for dissatisfaction. 3) the expression of dissatisfaction: a letter of complaint. 4) an illness or medical condition, especially a relatively minor one … English terms dictionary
complaint — the initiatory document in a lawsuit that notifies the court and the defendant of the grounds claimed by the Plaintiff for an award of money or other relief against the defendant (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) The first or initiatory… … Glossary of Bankruptcy
complaint — ailment, *disease, disorder, condition, affection, malady, distemper, syndrome … New Dictionary of Synonyms
complaint — [kəm plānt′] n. [ME complainte < OFr < complaindre] 1. the act of complaining; utterance of pain, displeasure, annoyance, etc. 2. a subject or cause for complaining; grievance 3. an illness; ailment 4. Law a pleading setting forth the… … English World dictionary
complaint — noun 1 act of complaining ADJECTIVE ▪ serious ▪ common, familiar, frequent ▪ minor, small ▪ only … Collocations dictionary

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