Definitions for Grant

Definitions for (noun) Grant

Main entry: grant, subsidisation, subsidization

Definition: the act of providing a subsidy


Main entry: grant

Definition: a right or privilege that has been granted


Main entry: concession, grant

Definition: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

Usage: he got the beer concession at the ball park


Main entry: Hiram Ulysses Grant, Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, President Grant

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


Main entry: Cary Grant, Grant

Definition: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)


Main entry: Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant

Definition: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)


Main entry: assignment, grant

Definition: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance


Main entry: grant

Definition: any monetary aid


Definitions for (verb) Grant

Main entry: concede, yield, grant

Definition: be willing to concede

Usage: I grant you this much


Main entry: grant, accord, allot

Definition: allow to have

Usage: grant a privilege


Main entry: allow, grant

Definition: let have

Usage: grant permission; Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison


Main entry: grant, deed over

Definition: transfer by deed

Usage: grant land


Main entry: grant, award

Definition: give as judged due or on the basis of merit

Usage: the referee awarded a free kick to the team; the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff; Funds are granted to qualified researchers


Main entry: cede, grant, concede, yield

Definition: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another


Main entry: give, grant

Definition: bestow, especially officially

Usage: grant a degree; give a divorce; This bill grants us new rights


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