Reclamation

Reclamation
A claim for the right to return or the right to demand the return of a security that has been previously accepted as a result of bad delivery or other irregularities in the delivery and settlement process. The New York Times Financial Glossary

* * *

reclaim re‧claim [rɪˈkleɪm] verb [transitive]
1. to get back something that has been taken from you or money that you have paid:

• If a delivery date is not met, the buyer can reject the goods and reclaim any money paid.

• Tax deducted on the dividends can be reclaimed.

2. to make an area of very wet or very dry land suitable for building or farming:

• They plan to reclaim 1.5 million square kilometres of salt marsh.

3. to obtain useful products from waste material:

• The new recycling plant can reclaim 27,000 tons a year of discarded plastic.

— reclamation noun [uncountable] :

• land reclamation

• recycling and reclamation

* * *

reclamation UK US /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃən/ noun [U] ENVIRONMENT
the activity of making land that is under water or is in poor condition suitable for farming or building on: »

a land reclamation project

»

On closing the mines they hired a forestry expert to improve their reclamation plan.

the activity of getting useful materials from waste: »

Experts at the conference will address topics such as water reclamation and reuse.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • réclamation — [ reklamasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1238; lat. reclamatio 1 ♦ Action de réclamer, de s adresser à une autorité pour faire reconnaître l existence d un droit. ⇒ demande, doléance, pétition, plainte, requête, revendication. Faire, déposer une réclamation. «… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Réclamation — client La réclamation est l action de manifester une plainte à une autorité pour faire reconnaître l’existence d’un droit. La réclamation comme source de l’amélioration du fonctionnement de l’entreprise Une réclamation indique en fait deux… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • reclamation — rec·la·ma·tion /ˌre klə mā shən/ n 1: the act or process of reclaiming the reclamation of goods delivered to an insolvent buyer 2: a right to reclaim (as under commercial law) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • reclamation — A written demand made by a creditor to a debtor, upon discovery of the insolvency of the debtor, who has received goods, while insolvent, from the creditor, within 45 days prior to the debtor s bankruptcy filing. By making a timely written demand …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • Reclamation — Rec la*ma tion (r[e^]k l[.a]*m[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]clamation, L. reclamatio. See {Reclaim}.] 1. The act or process of reclaiming. [1913 Webster] 2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance. [1913 Webster] I would now, on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reclamation — [rek΄lə mā′shən] n. [Fr réclamation < L reclamatio] 1. a reclaiming or being reclaimed; esp., the recovery of wasteland, desert, etc. by ditching, filling, or irrigating 2. the process or industry of obtaining useful materials from waste… …   English World dictionary

  • Reclamation — Reclamation, lat. dtsch., Beschwerde wegen Rechtsverletzung; Zurückforderung unrechtmäßig in Besitz genommener Sachen; Reclamant, wer reclamirt, Beschwerde erhebt …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • reclamation — late 15c., from O.Fr. réclamacion or directly from L. reclamationem (nom. reclamatio), noun of action from pp. stem of reclamare (see RECLAIM (Cf. reclaim)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • reclamation — et contredit, Reclamatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • réclamation — (ré kla ma sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. Action de réclamer, de revendiquer, de revenir contre quelque chose. Ils ne firent aucune réclamation. La réclamation d une créance. •   Les réclamations ont été imaginées par les âmes faibles ;… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • RÉCLAMATION — s. f. Action de réclamer, de revendiquer, de s opposer, de revenir contre quelque chose. On procédera à la vente des meubles, nonobstant la réclamation du marchand qui les a loués. Cette loi excita beaucoup de réclamations. Cet avis a passé sans… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”