transitive verb

1. to give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
2. 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