Definition of grant

noun (n)

• any monetary aid (noun.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of providing a subsidy (noun.act)

  Synonym: subsidisation, subsidization
  

  source: wordnet30
• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (noun.possession)

  Synonym: assignment
  

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• Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) (noun.person)

  Synonym: duncan grant, duncan james corrow grant
  

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• United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) (noun.person)

  Synonym: cary grant
  

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• 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) (noun.person)

  Synonym: hiram ulysses grant, president grant, ulysses grant, ulysses s. grant, ulysses simpson grant
  

  source: wordnet30
• a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business (noun.communication)

  Synonym: concession
  

  source: wordnet30
• a right or privilege that has been granted (noun.attribute)

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• The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• let have (verb.possession)

  Synonym: allow
  Antonym: deny, refuse
  

  Example:
  Grant permission.
  

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• give as judged due or on the basis of merit (verb.possession)

  Synonym: award
  

  Example:
  Funds are granted to qualified researchers.
  

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• be willing to concede (verb.communication)

  Synonym: concede, yield
  

  Example:
  I grant you this much.
  

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• allow to have (verb.possession)

  Synonym: accord, allot
  

  Example:
  Grant a privilege.
  

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• bestow, especially officially (verb.possession)

  Synonym: give
  

  Example:
  Grant a degree.
  This bill grants us new rights.
  

  source: wordnet30
• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another (verb.possession)

  Synonym: cede, concede, yield
  

  source: wordnet30
• transfer by deed (verb.possession)

  Synonym: deed over
  

  Example:
  Grant land.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To assent; to consent. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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