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Grant

noun

1.

Any monetary aid.

2.

The act of providing a subsidy. Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization.

3.

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. Synonym: assignment.

4.

Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978). Synonyms: Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant.

5.

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

6.

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885). Synonyms: Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant.

7.

A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business. Synonym: concession.

8.

A right or privilege that has been granted.

verb

(past & past part. granted; pres. part. granting)

1.

Let have. Synonym: allow. "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" Antonym: deny.

2.

Give as judged due or on the basis of merit. Synonym: award. "The jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff" , "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

3.

Be willing to concede. Synonyms: concede, yield.

4.

Allow to have. Synonyms: accord, allot.

5.

Bestow, especially officially. Synonym: give. "Give a divorce" , "This bill grants us new rights"

6.

Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. Synonyms: cede, concede, yield.

7.

Transfer by deed. Synonym: deed over.

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... this for a moment, and was inclined to grant the plea, but Ramphis and the other priests clamoured for ...

— Operas Every Child Should Know - Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces • Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

... what thinking over can be wanted about such a trifle? I never before asked you a favour. Surely you cannot refuse to grant so simple a request, after the trouble I have taken to explain my reasons ...

— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon

... present as a known observation, that she was, though very capable of counsel, absolute enough in her own resolution; which was ever apparent even to her last, and in that of her still aversion to grant Tyrone {24} the least drop of her mercy, though earnestly and frequently advised thereunto, yea, wrought only by her whole Council of State, with very many reasons; and, as the state of her kingdom then stood, I may speak it ...

— Travels in England and Fragmenta Regalia • Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton

... Sconda orders to get twenty of the best men in the village to accompany me. We shall go by way of Crooked Trail, and should reach Big Draw by night. God grant we ...

— Glen of the High North • H. A. Cody

... which the act was founded, and of the charge which led to that judgment. The court was perplexed. They knew not how to refuse; for he claimed it as his right, and necessary for his defence. On the other hand, they could not grant it, because no record of the charge or ...

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