grant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any monetary aid
  2. noun the act of providing a subsidy
    subsidization; subsidisation.
  3. noun (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
    assignment.
  4. noun Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
    Duncan Grant; Duncan James Corrow Grant.
  5. noun United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
    Cary Grant.
  6. noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses Simpson Grant; Ulysses S. Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
  7. noun a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
    concession.
    • he got the beer concession at the ball park
  8. noun a right or privilege that has been granted
  9. verb let have
    allow.
    • grant permission
    • Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison
  10. verb give as judged due or on the basis of merit
    award.
    • the referee awarded a free kick to the team
    • the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff
    • Funds are granted to qualified researchers
  11. verb be willing to concede
    yield; concede.
    • I grant you this much
  12. verb allow to have
    accord; allot.
    • grant a privilege
  13. verb bestow, especially officially
    give.
    • grant a degree
    • give a divorce
    • This bill grants us new rights
  14. verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
    cede; yield; concede.
  15. verb transfer by deed
    deed over.
    • grant land

WordNet

Grant transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Granted; present participle & verbal noun Granting
Definitions
  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.-- iTo give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.
Grant intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To assent; to consent. Obs. Chaucer.
Grant noun
Etymology
OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.
Definitions
  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) 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. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913