From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grant
n 1: any monetary aid
2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant,
subsidization, subsidisation]
3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn:
grant, assignment]
4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the
Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant,
Duncan James Corrow Grant]
5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant
leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, {Cary
Grant}]
6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union
armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant,
Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant,
Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary
business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn:
concession, grant]
8: a right or privilege that has been granted
v 1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few
visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny,
refuse]
2: give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee
awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million
dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified
researchers" [syn: award, grant]
3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot,
grant]
5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a
divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant,
give]
6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: grant, deed over]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grant \Grant\ (gr[.a]nt), 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.
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Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1
Chron. xxi.
22.
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2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
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Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
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3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to
yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
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Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
--Dryden.
Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
allow; concede. See Give.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grant \Grant\, v. i.
To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grant \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.
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2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
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3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. Especially:
a sum of money given to an institution, group, or
individual for a specific purpose, such as for scientific
research; as, he got a million-dollar grant from the
National Institutes of Health to study cancer.
Note: Grants for research and other purposes are given
usually by government agencies, charitable foundations,
or industrial organizations.
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4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing;
especially, an 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.
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Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically
applied to transfers 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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