grant (noun)
1: any monetary aid
2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: subsidization, subsidisation]
3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: assignment]
4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, [[Duncan Grant]], Duncan James Corrow Grant]
5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, [[Cary Grant]]]
6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, [[Ulysses Simpson Grant]], Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: concession]
8: a right or privilege that has been granted
grant
(verb)
1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [syn: allow] [ant: deny]
2: give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers" [syn: award]
3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield]
4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot]
5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: give]
6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede]
7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: deed over]