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What's The Definition Of Grant?
[n] the act of providing a subsidy
[n] a right or privilege that has been granted [n] a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [n] 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [n] United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) [n] Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [n] (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [n] any monetary aid [v] be willing to concede; "I grant you this much..." [v] allow to have; "grant a privilege" [v] let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [v] transfer by deed; "grant land" [v] give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers" [v] give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [v] bestow, esp. officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" Synonyms | Synonyms for Grant: accord | allot | allow | assignment | award | Cary Grant | cede | concede | concede | concession | deed over | Duncan Grant | Duncan James Corrow Grant | Hiram Ulysses Grant | President Grant | subsidisation | subsidization | Ulysses Grant | Ulysses S. Grant | Ulysses Simpson Grant | yield | yield Related Terms | Find terms related to Grant: accede to | accept | accommodation | accord | accord to | accordance | acknowledge | administer | admit | admit everything | admit exceptions | afford | agree provisionally | agree to | aid | alimony | allocate | allot | allotment | allow | allow for | allowance | alms | annuity | approve | approve of | assent | assent grudgingly | assign | assistance | assume | avow | award | awarding | be afraid | be willing | believe | benefaction | bequest | bestow | bestow on | bestowal | bestowment | blank check | bounty | brevet | carte blanche | cede | cession | charity | charter | circumscription | come clean | communicate | communication | concede | conceive | concession | conclude | condescend | confer | conferment | conferral | confess | connive at | consent | consent to | consent to silently | consider | consider the circumstances | consider the source | contribution | cop a plea | copyright | daresay | deal | deal out | deduce | deem | deign | deliverance | delivery | depletion allowance | diploma | discount | dish out | dispensation | dispense | disregard | distribute | divine | dole | dole out | donate | donation | dream | endorse | endowment | exception | exemption | expect | express general agreement | extend | extenuating circumstances | fancy | favor | feel | fellowship | financial assistance | fork out | franchise | freedom | furnish | furnishment | gather | gift | gift with | gifting | give | give consent | give freely | give leave | give out | give permission | give the go-ahead | give the word | give up | giving | go along with | grain of salt | grant-in-aid | granting | guaranteed annual income | hand out | handout | have no objection | heap | hedge | hedging | help | help to | hold with | imagine | immunity | impart | impartation | impartment | indulgence | infer | investiture | issue | lavish | leave | let | let be | let have | let on | letters patent | liberality | liberty | license | lift temporarily | limitation | make allowance for | make possible | mental reservation | mete | mete out | modification | nod | nod assent | not oppose | not refuse | offer | OK | okay | old-age insurance | open up | opine | out with it | own | own up | patent | pecuniary aid | pension | permit | plead guilty | pour | prefigure | present | presentation | presentment | presume | presuppose | presurmise | price support | privilege | proffer | provide for | provision | provisionally accept | public assistance | public welfare | qualification | rain | ratify | reckon | recognize | relax | relax the condition | release | relief | relinquish | render | repute | reservation | restriction | retirement benefits | royal grant | salvo | sanction | say | say aye | say the word | say yes | scholarship | serve | set aside | shell out | shower | slip | snow | special case | special favor | special treatment | specialness | specification | spill | spill it | spit it out | stipend | subscription | subsidization | subsidy | subvention | supply | supplying | support | suppose | surmise | surrender | suspect | take | take account of | take for | take for granted | take into account | take into consideration | take it | take kindly to | take to be | tax benefit | tell all | tell the truth | tender | think | understand | vote affirmatively | vote aye | vouchsafe | vouchsafement | waive | waiver | warrant | welfare | welfare aid | welfare payments | wink at | yield | yield assent See Also | actor | agree | aid | allocate | allocation | allotment | allowance | apanage | appanage | apportion | apportioning | apportionment | assignation | award | awarding | block grant | Bloomsbury Group | Chief Executive | concord | concur | contract | economic aid | enfranchise | forgive | franchise | full general | general | gift | give | grant-in-aid | grant-in-aid | histrion | hold | land grant | painter | parceling | parcelling | pension | pension off | player | present | President | President of the United States | privilege | right | role player | subsidy | thespian | transferred possession | transferred property | vouchsafe Grant In Webster's Dictionary \Grant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Granted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Granting}.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter,
creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise,
assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L.
credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See {Creed},
{Credit}.]
1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the
possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to
petition.
Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1
Chrcn. xxi.
22.
2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to
yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
--Dryden.
Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
allow; concede. See {Give}.
\Grant\, v. i. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See {Grant}, v. t.] 1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. 2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute. 3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. 4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made. Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. Burrill. |
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