Grant
name, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 The act of granting or giving
"the grant of permission for a project"
- 2 A United States fifty-dollar bill. US, slang
"He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons."
- 3 the act of providing a subsidy wordnet
- 4 The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- 5 a right or privilege that has been granted wordnet
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- 6 The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
"I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt."
- 7 a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business wordnet
- 8 A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
"a grant of land or of money"
- 9 (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance wordnet
- 10 The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
- 11 any monetary aid wordnet
- 12 An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like). informal
- 1 To give (permission or wish). ditransitive
"He was granted permission to attend the meeting."
- 2 be willing to concede wordnet
- 3 To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request). ditransitive
"He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner."
- 4 allow to have wordnet
- 5 To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true. transitive
"The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian."
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- 6 let have wordnet
- 7 To assent; to consent. intransitive
"Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor."
- 8 transfer by deed wordnet
- 9 give as judged due or on the basis of merit wordnet
- 10 give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another wordnet
- 11 bestow, especially officially wordnet
- 1 An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large". countable, uncountable
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Marshall County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Washington County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Clark County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 14 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 15 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Portage County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 16 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 17 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 18 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Grant Township. countable, uncountable
- 19 A placename; A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372. countable, uncountable
- 20 A placename; A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 21 A placename; A village in Tolmin, Slovenia. countable, uncountable
- 22 A placename; Ellipsis of Grant City. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 23 A placename; Ellipsis of Grant County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 24 A placename; Ellipsis of Grant Parish. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 25 A placename; Ellipsis of Grant Town. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 26 A placename; Ellipsis of Grant Township. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Antonyms
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More examples"Even if I grant that what you say is true, it is no excuse."
Etymology
From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.
From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.
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