grant
IPA: grˈænt
noun
- The act of granting or giving
- The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
- The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
- (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
- An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
- A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
- A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
- A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
- A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Grant Township.
- The Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A village in Tolmin, Slovenia
- (slang) A United States fifty-dollar bill. (From the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on them.)
- Ellipsis of Grant City. [An unincorporated community in Henry County, Indiana, United States.]
- Ellipsis of Grant County. [One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Sheridan.]
- Ellipsis of Grant Parish. [One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Colfax.]
- Ellipsis of Grant Town.
- Ellipsis of Grant Township.
verb
- (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
- (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request)
- (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
- (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
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Examples of "grant" in Sentences
- He is the son of grant tinker.
- But, they should grant hospitality.
- The festival mascot is Grant the Gnome.
- He beseeched and was granted forgiveness.
- He was granted asylum in the Netherlands.
- The Department of Transportation grants the request.
- By the way, the savings at the moment is about a grant.
- Claudius grants the rights of citizenship to the Aedui.
- A Receiver is the account holder that grants the authorization.
- An application in order for grant shall be granted expeditiously.
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