Grant

Word GRANT
Character 5
Hyphenation grant
Pronunciations /ɡɹɑːnt/

Definitions and meanings of "Grant"

What do we mean by grant?

To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested). transitive verb

To give or confer officially or formally. transitive verb

To transfer (property) by a deed. transitive verb

To concede; acknowledge. transitive verb

The act of granting. noun

Something granted, especially a giving of funds for a specific purpose. noun

The document or provision in a document by which a grant is made. noun

One of several tracts of land in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont originally granted to an individual or a group. noun

To transfer the title or possession of in any formal way, specifically for a sufficient or valuable consideration; give or make over; especially, to convey by deed or writing.

To bestow or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request.

To allow; permit.

To assent to; answer in the affirmative.

To admit to be true; concede, as something obvious or not required to be proved; accept or concede without proof.

Synonyms and

Confer, Bestow, etc. See give.

To consent; assent; give permission or countenance.

A promise; a thing promised. noun

The act of granting; a conferring or conceding. noun

The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.

The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.

An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Grant

The word "grant" in example sentences

Yes, she would be compelled to grant an encore -- to _grant_ one. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)

Information on the grant is available right there on there website. ❋ Cmpriest (2009)

Getting a grant is wonderful (congratulations!), but remember that a grant is a high point in a research career. ❋ ScienceWoman (2007)

Ms. Pearson acknowledged that she does tell the town that if a grant is awarded in her area of expertise, she would like the contract to perform the work. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"People hear the word 'grant' and they think it is bad," she said, not realizing that their seniors' group or lawn bowling or rowing club may be getting money from the city. ❋ ELIZABETH CHURCH (2011)

The Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust said the conservation project was possible following a £500,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even the charitable deduction could be re-cast as a matching grant from the government. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To break the logjam, the Paterson administration last year split the plan up into two phases — the first of which involves the concourse expansion and ventilation work — and secured the $83 million grant from a federal economic-stimulus program. ❋ Eliot Brown (2010)

Malone's purchase of the Bell ranch marks the transfer of a storied parcel that Pablo Montoya obtained via land grant from the Mexican government in 1824. ❋ Daniel Fisher (2010)

Improvements are being made to the physical structure and the collection with a $2 million grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the National Park Service. ❋ Jacqueline Trescott (2010)

Getting an NSF grant is quite competitive, and hence professors tend to devote a large chunk of their time to grant writing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Interpreting RuNet is funded by a grant from the Open Society Institute. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A grant from a similar-minded organization allowed her to attend Michigan State University, where she earned a degree in retailing. ❋ Ray A. Smith (2010)

All four sessions cost only $75/couple thanks to a generous grant from the the United Jewish Endowment Fund. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Emile Greenhalgh, the aeronautics engineer at Imperial College London who's coordinating the three-year project (in part funded through a $4.5 million grant from the European Union) told me, "Our lightweight carbon-fiber panels can carry a mechanical load and store energy simultaneously, and we're working toward achieving a 15% weight savings in a Volvo hybrid test car." ❋ Jim Motavalli (2010)

To finish the remaining schools, Ms. Wenner has to raise $1.5 million in private funding to match $12 million in a multiyear grant from the city Department of Education. ❋ Paul Glader (2010)

Mr. Obama and Mr. Ayers had worked together on two non-profit boards in Chicago, including that of the Annenberg Challenge, an education project that was funded with a huge grant from the former Nixon administration official Walter Annenberg and which also had on its board a Republican donor and former Nixon aide Arnold Weber. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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