grant

(noun, verb)

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