Lexic.us

Definition of Grant

1. Noun. Any monetary aid.

2. Verb. Let have. "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"

3. Noun. The act of providing a subsidy.

4. Verb. Give as judged due or on the basis of merit. "They grant them the money"; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

5. Noun. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.

6. Verb. Be willing to concede. "I grant you this much"

7. Noun. Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978).

8. Verb. Allow to have. "Grant a privilege"

9. Noun. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986).

10. Verb. Bestow, especially officially. "This bill grants us new rights"

11. Noun. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885).

12. Verb. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.

13. Noun. A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business. "He got the beer concession at the ball park"

14. Verb. Transfer by deed. "Grant land"

15. Noun. A right or privilege that has been granted.

Definition of Grant

1. v. t. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

2. v. i. To assent; to consent.

3. n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

Definition of Grant

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English from=Middle English dot=) and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large". ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Verb. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.(rfex) ¹

4. Verb. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.(rfex) ¹

5. Verb. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. ¹

6. Verb. To assent; to consent. ¹

7. Noun. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. ¹

8. Noun. The yielding or admission of something in dispute. ¹

9. Noun. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. ¹

10. Noun. (legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an 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. ¹

11. Noun. (informal) An application for a grant (gloss monetary boon to aid research or the like). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grant

1. to bestow upon [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grant

granodiorite granodiorites granodioritic granola granola bar granolas granolith granolithic granoliths granophyre

granophyres granophyric granpappies granpappy grans grant (current term) grant-back grant-forward grant-in-aid grantable

granted grantee grantees granter granters grantest granteth granthi granting granting immunity

Literary usage of Grant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"In the meantime grant had been making a considerable display as a public character. ... During 1873-4 grant rendered a real service to the London public by ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Bankers M 93:508 О 47 grant, Madison Passing of the great race. ... Harv Grad M 26:384-91 Mr '18 grant-Duff, Sir Evelyn Mountstuart Bundle of old letters. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"381.16 Interior and its other bureaus, the higher Terrestrial Magnetism, De- officials of three or four other departments, partment of, grant No. with wh ..."

4. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"After dinner I presented to the said James grant the original paper, ... Mr. grant, after looking at the paper, acknowledged it to be all in his own ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by John Scott Eldon, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1830)
"Id.: and it further appeared, that the late Sir Alexander grant, ... In March 1793, Charles grant filed a bill in the Court of Chancery in Jamaica against ..."

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