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grant   (TTS Sound)

The noun grant has 8 senses

• grant -- (any monetary aid)


• grant, subsidization, subsidisation -- (the act of providing a subsidy)


• grant, assignment -- ((law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance)


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


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


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


• concession, grant -- (a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park")


• grant -- (a right or privilege that has been granted)

The verb grant has 7 senses

• allow, grant -- (let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison")


• award, grant -- (give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers")


• concede, yield, grant -- (be willing to concede; "I grant you this much")


• accord, allot, grant -- (allow to have; "grant a privilege")


• grant, give -- (bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights")


• concede, yield, cede, grant -- (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)


• grant, deed over -- (transfer by deed; "grant land")