grant | |
1. v. (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish) | |
He was granted permission to attend the meeting. | |
The genie granted him three wishes | |
2. v. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; | |
3. v. To assent; to consent. | |
4. n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. | |
5. n. The yielding or admission of something in dispute. | |
6. n. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. | |
I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt. | |
7. n. (legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government | |
a grant of land or of money | |
8. n. the deed or writing by which such a transfer is made. | |
9. n. (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like). | |