grant
noun
1 grant
Any monetary aid.
Polish: grant
2 grant
3 grant
law A transfer of property by deed of conveyance.
synonym: assignment.
4 Grant
5 Grant
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986).
synonym: Cary Grant.
6 Grant
7 grant
A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business.
synonym: concession.
Roget 784:
giving
etc.
v.;
bestowal,
bestowment†,
donation;
presentation,
presentment;
accordance;
concession;
delivery,
consignment,
dispensation,
communication,
endowment;
investment,
investiture;
award.
almsgiving†,
charity,
liberality,
generosity.
[Thing given]
gift,
donation,
present,
cadeau†;
fairing;
free gift,
boon,
favor,
benefaction,
grant,
offering,
oblation,
sacrifice,
immolation;
lagniappe [U.S.],
pilon [U.S.].
grace,
act of grace,
bonus.
allowance,
contribution,
subscription,
subsidy,
tribute,
subvention.
bequest,
legacy,
devise,
will,
dotation†,
dot,
appanage;
voluntary settlement,
voluntary conveyance
etc.
783;
amortization.
alms,
largess,
bounty,
dole,
sportule†,
donative†,
help,
oblation,
offertory,
honorarium,
gratuity,
Peter pence,
sportula†,
Christmas box,
Easter offering,
vail†,
douceur [Fr.],
drink money,
pourboire,
trinkgeld [G.],
bakshish†;
fee
etc.
(recompense)
973;
consideration.
bribe,
bait,
ground bait;
peace offering,
handsel;
boodle [Slang],
graft,
grease [Slang];
blat [Rus.].
giver,
grantor
etc.
v.;
donor,
feoffer†,
settlor.
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Roget 760:
permission,
leave;
allowance,
sufferance;
tolerance,
toleration;
liberty,
law,
license,
concession,
grace;
indulgence
etc.
(lenity)
740;
favor,
dispensation,
exemption,
release;
connivance;
vouchsafement†.
authorization,
warranty,
accordance,
admission.
permit,
warrant,
brevet,
precept,
sanction,
authority,
firman;
hukm†;
pass,
passport;
furlough,
license,
carte blanche [Fr.],
ticket of leave;
grant,
charter;
patent,
letters patent.
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Dutch: vergunning
Polish: licencja
8 grant
A right or privilege that has been granted.
verb
1 grant
Let have:
— Grant permission.
synonym: allow.
Roget 760:
permit;
give permission
etc.
n.,
give power;
let,
allow,
admit;
suffer,
bear with,
tolerate,
recognize;
concede
etc.
762;
accord,
vouchsafe,
favor,
humor,
gratify,
indulge,
stretch a point;
wink at,
connive at;
shut one's eyes to.
grant,
empower,
charter,
enfranchise,
privilege,
confer a privilege,
license,
authorize,
warrant;
sanction;
intrust
etc.
(commission)
755.
give carte blanche [Fr.],
give the reins to,
give scope to
etc.
(freedom)
748;
leave alone,
leave it to one,
leave the door open;
open the door to,
open the flood gates;
give a loose to.
let off;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970;
release,
exonerate,
dispense with.
ask permission,
beg permission,
request permission,
ask leave,
beg leave,
request leave.
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Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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Roget 783:
transfer,
convey;
alienate,
alien;
assign;
grant
etc.
(confer)
784;
consign;
make over,
hand over;
pass,
hand,
transmit,
negotiate;
hand down;
exchange
etc.
(interchange)
148.
change hands,
change hands from one to another;
devolve,
succeed;
come into possession
etc.
(acquire)
775.
abalienate†;
disinherit;
dispossess
etc.
789;
substitute
etc.
147.
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Dutch: laten doen
2 grant
Give as judged due or on the basis of merit:
— Funds are granted to qualified researchers.
synonym: award.
3 grant
Be willing to concede:
— I grant you this much.
synonyms: concede, yield.
Roget 762:
consent;
assent
etc.
488;
yield assent,
admit,
allow,
concede,
grant,
yield;
come round,
come over;
give into,
acknowledge,
agnize†,
give consent,
comply with,
acquiesce,
agree to,
fall in with,
accede,
accept,
embrace an offer,
close with,
take at one's word,
have no objection.
satisfy,
meet one's wishes,
settle,
come to terms
etc.
488;
not refuse
etc.
764;
turn a willing ear
etc.
(willingness)
602;
jump at;
deign,
vouchsafe;
promise
etc.
768.
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Dutch: toegeven
4 grant
Allow to have:
— Grant a privilege.
synonyms: accord, allot.
5 grant
Bestow, especially officially:
— Grant a degree.
— This bill grants us new rights.
synonym: give.
Dutch: verlenen
6 grant
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
synonyms: cede, concede, yield.
Roget 784:
deliver,
hand,
pass,
put into the hands of;
hand over,
make over,
deliver over,
pass over,
turn over;
assign dower.
present,
give away,
dispense,
dispose of;
give out,
deal out,
dole out,
mete out,
fork out,
squeeze out.
pay
etc.
807;
render,
impart,
communicate.
concede,
cede,
yield,
part with,
shed,
cast;
spend
etc.
809.
give,
bestow,
confer,
grant,
accord,
award,
assign.
intrust,
consign,
vest in.
make a present;
allow,
contribute,
subscribe,
furnish its quota.
invest,
endow,
settle upon;
bequeath,
leave,
devise.
furnish,
supply,
help;
administer to;
afford,
spare;
accommodate with,
indulge with,
favor with;
shower down upon;
lavish,
pour on,
thrust upon.
tip,
bribe;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
offer
etc.
763;
sacrifice,
immolate.
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Dutch: aftreden
7 grant
Transfer by deed:
— Grant land.
synonym: deed over.
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