Grant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To consent to the fulfillment of: grant a request.
  • v. To accord as a favor, prerogative, or privilege: granted the franchise to all citizens.
  • v. To bestow; confer: grant aid.
  • v. To transfer (property) by a deed.
  • v. To concede; acknowledge: I grant the genius of your plan, but you still will not find backers.
  • n. The act of granting.
  • n. Something granted.
  • n. A giving of funds for a specific purpose: federal grants for medical research.
  • n. Law A transfer of property by deed.
  • n. Law The property so transferred.
  • n. Law The deed by which the property is so transferred.
  • n. One of several tracts of land in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont originally granted to an individual or a group.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
  • v. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
  • v. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
  • v. To assent; to consent.
  • n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
  • n. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  • n. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  • n. 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.
  • n. An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
  • v. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
  • v. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
  • verb-intransitive. To assent; to consent.
  • n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
  • n. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  • n. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  • n. A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; ; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To transfer the title or possession of in any formal way, specifically for a sufficient or valuable consideration; give or make over; especially, to convey by deed or writing.
  • To bestow or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request.
  • To allow; permit.
  • To assent to; answer in the affirmative.
  • To admit to be true; concede, as something obvious or not required to be proved; accept or concede without proof.
  • Synonyms and
  • Confer, Bestow, etc. See give.
  • To consent; assent; give permission or countenance.
  • n. A promise; a thing promised.
  • n. The act of granting; a conferring or conceding.
  • n. A thing granted or conferred; a boon; especially, something conveyed by deed or patent: often used of tracts of land granted to colonists, railroad companies, etc.
  • n. In law: Originally, a creating or transferring by deed: used in reference to mere rights, estates in expectancy, and incorporeal property, which could not be delivered.
  • n. In modern use, a conveyance in writing of such things as cannot pass or be transferred by word only, as land, rents, reversions, tithes, etc.
  • n. An admission of something as true.
  • n. In brewing, a copper or iron vessel into which the wort flows from the clarifying battery, and from which it is lifted into the wort-pan.
  • A Middle English form of grand.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. let have
  • n. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
  • n. a right or privilege that has been granted
  • n. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
  • n. the act of providing a subsidy
  • v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
  • n. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
  • v. be willing to concede
  • n. any monetary aid
  • v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • v. allow to have
  • n. Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
  • v. transfer by deed
  • v. bestow, especially officially
  • n. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
  • Verb Form
    granted    granting    grants   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    confer    convey    concede    transfer    syn    allow    give    admit    bestow    yield   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ant    Brandt    Brant    Kant    Levant    Quant    ant    aunt    brant    cant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    payment    concession    privilege    fund    expenditure    charter    contract    commission    purchase    offer