grant
noun
1. any monetary aid
Definition categories: possession, aid, assistance
2. the act of providing a subsidy
Similar word(s): subsidization
Definition categories: act, allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
Similar word(s): assignment
Definition categories: possession
4. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
Similar word(s): concession
Definition categories: communication, contract
5. a right or privilege that has been granted
Definition categories: attribute, right
Sentences with grant as a noun:
- I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
verb
1. let have
- grant permission
Similar word(s): allow
Definition categories: possession, give
2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
- Funds are granted to qualified researchers
Similar word(s): award
Definition categories: possession, give
3. be willing to concede
- I grant you this much
Similar word(s): concede, yield
Definition categories: communication, agree, concord, concur, hold
4. allow to have
- grant a privilege
Similar word(s): accord, allot
Definition categories: possession, give
5. bestow, especially officially
- grant a degree
- This bill grants us new rights
Similar word(s): give
Definition categories: possession
6. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Similar word(s): cede, concede, yield
Definition categories: possession, give
7. transfer by deed
- grant land
Definition categories: possession, gift, give, present