Grant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Grant	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Grant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grant n any monetary aid the act of providing a subsidy Synonym(s): grant, subsidization, subsidisation (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance Synonym(s): grant, assignment Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) Synonym(s): Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) Synonym(s): Grant, Cary Grant 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) Synonym(s): Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" Synonym(s): concession, grant a right or privilege that has been granted v let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" Synonym(s): allow, grant Antonym(s): deny, refuse 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" Synonym(s): award, grant be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" Synonym(s): concede, yield, grant allow to have; "grant a privilege" Synonym(s): accord, allot, grant bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" Synonym(s): grant, give give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Synonym(s): concede, yield, cede, grant transfer by deed; "grant land" Synonym(s): grant, deed over
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grant \Grant\, v. i. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grant \Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See {Grant}, v. t.] 1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. 2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute. 3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. 4. (Law) 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. Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grant \Grant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Granted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Granting}.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See {Creed}, {Credit}.] 1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1 Chrcn. xxi. 22. 2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton. 3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. --Dryden. Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See {Give}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Grant, AL (town, FIPS 31096) Location: 34.51721 N, 86.25227 W Population (1990): 638 (268 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35747 Grant, IA (city, FIPS 32295) Location: 41.14222 N, 94.98511 W Population (1990): 123 (72 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50847 Grant, MI (city, FIPS 34360) Location: 43.33406 N, 85.81006 W Population (1990): 764 (311 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49327 Grant, NE (city, FIPS 19910) Location: 40.84441 N, 101.72566 W Population (1990): 1239 (585 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69140 Grant, OK Zip code(s): 74738