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grant Definition

grant (grant, gränt)

transitive verb

  1. to give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
    1. to give or confer formally or according to legal procedure
    2. to transfer (property) by a deed
  3. to acknowledge for the sake of argument; admit as true without proof; concede

Etymology: ME granten < OFr graanter, craanter, to promise, assure < VL *credentare, to promise, yield < L credens, prp. of credere, to believe: see creed

noun

  1. the act of granting
  2. something granted, as property, a tract of land, an exclusive right or power, money from a fund, etc.
  3. ☆ a territorial subdivision in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont

grant Related Forms
grant′·able adjective grant′er noun
grant Idioms

take for granted

to consider as true, already settled, requiring no special attention, etc.; accept as a matter of course

Grant¹ Definition

Grant (grant)

noun

a masculine name

Grant² Definition

Grant (grant)

  1. Grant, Cary (born Archibald Leach) 1904-86; U.S. film actor, born in England

  2. grant

    Grant, Ulysses Simpson (simp′sən) (born Hiram Ulysses Grant) 1822-85; 18th president of the U.S. (1869-77): commander in chief of Union forces in the Civil War

grant Synonyms

grant

n.

gift, boon, reward, award, honorarium, present, allowance, stipend, donation, matching grant, benefaction, gratuity, endowment, concession, bequest, privilege, federal grant.

Antonyms deprivation, deduction, detriment.

grant Synonyms

grant

v.

  1. To permit

    allow, yield, cede, impart; see allow 1.

  2. To accept as true

    concede, accede, acquiesce; see admit 3.

  3. To bestow

    give, confer, award, invest; see give 1. See syn. study at give.

grant Law Definition

n

v

  1. A transaction in which a grantor transfers a subset of his or her own rights in property; the rights so transferred.
  2. To transfer rights in real or personal property; in litigation, accession by the court to a party’s request made by motion or pleading.
grant Usage Examples

Object

  • permission: The NEC may grant permission for meetings to be held at less frequent intervals.
  • license: Stanley International operated under a bookmakers license granted under English law.
  • lease: James II. granted a lease of a mansion here to Viscount Cornbury ( fn.
  • exemption: A record of all exemptions should be kept and no person should be granted exemption from two consecutive fire drills.
  • patent: The aim of this research is to study the business implications of granting patents for business methods.
  • injunction: JUDGE TOULMIN; Am I able to grant an injunction against a party that is not present?

Converse of object

  • award: Parish and Town Councils are awarded grants on a 50/50 basis, tho very small Councils can apply upto 75 % .
  • receive: MAFF sets a limit each year for each Flood Defense Committee area on the value of the works which will receive grant.
  • obtain: HERC obtained a two-year grant from the ESRC to run a series of four seminars on issues relating to the methods of economic evaluation.

Adjective modifier

  • discretionary: These discretionary grants are offered to help businesses carry out research or development work that will lead to technologically innovative products or processes.
  • generous: From 1850 the federal government made generous grants to help railroad promoters in raising capital.

Modifies a noun

  • aid: Many Associations will by now have received details of the grant aid they will shortly get from the FA Business Plan.
  • funding: Town scheme: Grant funding from Historic Scotland to enable skilled repairs for enhancement to a building.
  • scheme: The large grant scheme provides funding for projects which require a grant in excess of £ 750.
  • application: My role was to examine grant applications in computer science education 12.

Noun used with modifier

  • lottery: We have identified areas of Wales which have not received their fair share of heritage lottery grants.
  • maintenance: The Clerk reminded members that the annual Village Hall maintenance grant of £ 350 had not been paid for the current financial year.
  • one-off: Venturesome aims to recycle its funds three to four times, in contrast to a one-off grant.

Infinitive complement

  • reproduce: Permission is granted to reproduce articles for personal and educational use only.

Preposition: of

  • probate: On 12 January 1858 these courts ceased, and jurisdiction for the granting of probate was passed to the new secular Court of Probate.
Grant Quotes

Old Cary Grant fine. How you?

—Grant, Cary pseudonym of  Archibald Leach