Grant
[grɑːnt] or [ɡrænt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of providing a subsidy.
(noun.) a right or privilege that has been granted.
(noun.) 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885).
(noun.) United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986).
(noun.) Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978).
(noun.) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.
(noun.) any monetary aid.
(verb.) transfer by deed; 'grant land'.
(verb.) bestow, especially officially; 'grant a degree'; 'give a divorce'; 'This bill grants us new rights'.
Editor: Rodney--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
(v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
(v. t.) To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
(v. i.) To assent; to consent.
(v. t.) The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
(v. t.) The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
(v. t.) The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Admit, allow, concede, cede, yield.[2]. Give (in answer to a request), bestow, CONFER, vouchsafe, deign.[3]. (Law.) Convey (by deed), transfer, make conveyance of.
n. [1]. Gift, boon, donation, benefaction, bounty, largess, present, concession.[2]. (Law.) Conveyance, cession.
Typist: Willard
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Give, allot, bestow, confer, transfer, admit, allow, concede, convey, impart,yield, cede
ANT:Withhold, withdraw, reserve, resume, deny
Checker: Tanya
Definition
v.t. to bestow or give over: to give possession of: to admit as true what is not yet proved: to concede.—v.i. (Shak.) to consent.—n. a bestowing: something bestowed an allowance: a gift: (Eng. law) conveyance of property by deed.—adj. Grant′able.—ns. Grantēē′ (law) the person to whom a grant gift or conveyance is made; Grant′er Grant′or (law) the person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.—Take for granted to presuppose as certainly true.
Typist: Rowland
Examples
- I come from Dr. Grant's, said Edmund presently. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Lieutenant Grant offered his services, which were accepted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Lord grant he be along soon! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was not Mr. Rushworth, however, but Edmund, who then appeared walking towards them with Mrs. Grant. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I cannot imagine why Mrs. Grant should think of asking her? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- GENERAL GRANT, City Point, Va. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- GRANT, Commander-in-Chief. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His first United States patent, No. 174,465, was granted March 7, 1876, and his second January 30, 1877, No. 186,787. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There have been about 1,000 patents granted for bridges, about 2,500 for excavating apparatus, and about 1,500 for hydraulic engineering. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Brummell often dined with him, and therefore I take it for granted that Tom Raikes lent Brummell money. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- From that time until 1865 many patents were granted, none of which may be considered successful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nearly 5,000 United States patents have been granted in the class of weaving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He asked to be relieved from further duty in the capacity in which he was engaged and his request was granted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company, has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The entrance of the Grants and Crawfords was a favourable epoch. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It now demanded grants in aid from the State--in order to build at a profit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Grants showing a disposition to be friendly and sociable, gave great satisfaction in the main among their new acquaintance. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It affords no rent to the landlord, who generally grants the use of it to whoever takes the trouble of asking it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is quite settled that the Grants go to Bath; they leave Mansfield on Monday. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The princes who lived upon the worst terms with their barons, seem accordingly to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If one grants all this there is still the fact that it was the _Clermont’s_ success that opened the watercourses of the world to steam. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This bank was more liberal than any other had ever been, both in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Granting that to be the right reading of the riddle, it accounted, perhaps, for her flighty, self-conceited manner when she passed me in the hall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To the astonishment of my clerk, I at once decided on granting an interview to the gentleman below. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I was not granting time for composure to her only, I was gaining time also for myself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But this increase of rent could be got only by granting leases to their tenants, who thereby became, in a great measure, independent of them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Even granting that it was as you have had in your thoughts, what the two had done together would come familiar to the mind of one. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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