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grant

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːnt/

The English word “grant” has 10 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To give (permission or wish).
  2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
  3. To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
  4. To assent; to consent.

noun

  1. The act of granting or giving
  2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  4. A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
  5. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
  6. An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

Etymology

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval…

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