grant, subsidization, subsidisation
(noun) the act of providing a subsidy
grant
(noun) a right or privilege that has been granted
concession, grant
(noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; āhe got the beer concession at the ball parkā
Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant
(noun) 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
Grant, Cary Grant
(noun) United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant
(noun) Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
grant, assignment
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
grant
(noun) any monetary aid
concede, yield, grant
(verb) be willing to concede; āI grant you this muchā
accord, allot, grant
(verb) allow to have; āgrant a privilegeā
allow, grant
(verb) let have; āgrant permissionā; āMandela was allowed few visitors in prisonā
grant, deed over
(verb) transfer by deed; āgrant landā
award, grant
(verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit; āthe referee awarded a free kick to the teamā; āthe jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiffā; āFunds are granted to qualified researchersā
concede, yield, cede, grant
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
grant, give
(verb) bestow, especially officially; āgrant a degreeā; āgive a divorceā; āThis bill grants us new rightsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)
(ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
(ditransitive) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
(transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
Synonyms: concur, concede, allow
(intransitive) To assent; to consent.
grant (plural grants)
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.
(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).
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Grant (plural Grants)
An English surname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
A male given name from surnames.
A town in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.
An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, United States.
An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado, United States.
A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States.
A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan, United States.
A city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.
A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska, United States.
An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.
An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States.
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Source: Wiktionary
Grant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr. & vb. n. Granting.] Etym: [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See Creed, Credit.]
1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.
2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. Wherefore did God grant me my request. Milton.
3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden.
Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.
Grant, v. i.
Definition: To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Grant, n. Etym: [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.]
1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
4. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. Bouvier. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
