Acclaim or acclaim ( one word ) means to greet with shouts of joy or approval; to applaud--
The crowd waited at the station to acclaim the champion.
The crowd that gathered to acclaim the great tenor stopped downtown traffic for hours.
Acclaim may also mean shouts of joy or approval; applause--
His hometown greeted the hero with a parade and loud acclaim.
He sat on the grandstand, basking in the public acclaim.
A claim or a claim ( two words, rhymes with acclaim ) means one ( a ) demand or assertion for something as a right or as due or owed--
He filed a claim with his insurance company.
Make sure to put in a claim for your expenses.
A claim may also mean the thing demanded, or to which title is asserted ( the thing claimed )--
The miner staked a claim, but he never found any gold on it.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"His popularity assured him a claim on the acclaim of both critics and audiences."
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