Grant

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English

Verb

to grant

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
To assent; to consent.
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au 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.

WordNet Definitions

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1. grant -- (any monetary aid).
2. grant, subsidization, subsidisation -- (the act of providing a subsidy).
3. grant, assignment -- ((law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance).
4. Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant -- (Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)).
5. Grant, Cary Grant -- (United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)).
6. Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant -- (18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)).
7. concession, grant -- (a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park").
8. grant -- (a right or privilege that has been granted).

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1. allow, grant -- (let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison").
2. award, grant -- (give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers").
3. concede, yield, grant -- (be willing to concede; "I grant you this much").
4. accord, allot, grant -- (allow to have; "grant a privilege").
5. grant, give -- (bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights").
6. concede, yield, cede, grant -- (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another).
7. grant, deed over -- (transfer by deed; "grant land").

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