claim check

claim check

A ticket or receipt used to collect an item that has been deposited or is being held somewhere. Be sure to have your claim check ready or you will not be able to collect your car from the valet.
See also: check, claim
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

claim check

A receipt for property that has been left or deposited, as in Give me your claim check and I'll pick up your laundry for you. This term most often refers to a receipt for such items as laundry (left for washing), clothes (for dry cleaning), a car (for servicing), or baggage (for short-term storage). [First half of 1900s]
See also: check, claim
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • collect up
  • receipt
  • acknowledge (the) receipt of (something)
  • acknowledge receipt of
  • collect
  • collect (one's) thoughts
  • collect thoughts
  • collect your wits
  • collect/gather your wits
  • collect (one's) wits
References in periodicals archive
King then changed the address on the insurance policy to his own so that the insurance claim check would be mailed to his residence.
He passed several months after his diagnosis and I had to deliver a claim check to his parents and his sister.
The servicer also stated that it deployed team members to several branch operations throughout the year to help in relief programs and assisted over 2,000 customers regarding their claim check endorsements.
If I wanted to make this meaningful to someone outside the industry, however, I would talk about what happened to prompt the claim, what the claim check paid for or how the insured felt after getting their life back in order.
That fact was brought home to her when she had to serve a life claim check. "That experience made a big difference for me and made me want to make sure people understood the importance of life insurance.
Top tips for getting a payout when you have to make a claim CHECK your policy small print very carefully.
Case Study 1 back story and analysis: The claims adjuster wanted these damages further evaluated because the vehicle had recently been added to the policy, he thought that the damages looked old when he saw them and the claimant had gotten a claim check several months earlier on a different vehicle but with a similar story.
I once delivered a claim check to a 46-year-old schoolteacher who'd been diagnosed with cancer.
("Rush jobs $10 extra." "No claim check, no shoes.") A television behind the counter plays an old episode of "Matlock." Unsurprisingly, the whole place smells like leather.
This battle is drawn from the duplicity of Life itself, which is axiomatically death-dealing; birth is the claim check on both life and death.
When I delivered my first death benefit claim check to a widow client of mine, then I truly understood the power of life insurance."
Instead of getting a claim check for the market value of the airplane, which would be relatively quick and would allow you to replace it and move on, you have to wait through a lengthy repair.
If that happens, of course, our client will have the choice to keep the claim check or to return the claim funds and take back the gold."
The mortgage company did not endorse the claim check. This type of fraud has become the focus of a multi-million dollar investigation involving numerous carriers.