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Noun grant has 8 senses
  1. grant - any monetary aid
    --1 is a kind of     aid, economic aid
    --1 has particulars: subsidy; grant-in-aid
    Derived form: verb grant2
  2. grant, subsidization, subsidisation - the act of providing a subsidy
    --2 is a kind of allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
    --2 has particulars: award, awarding; block grant; grant-in-aid
  3. grant, assignment - (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
    --3 is a kind of transferred property, transferred possession
    --3 has particulars: appanage, apanage; land grant
    Derived form: verb grant7
  4. Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant - Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
    --4 is a kind of painter
    --4 is a member of Bloomsbury Group
  5. Grant, Cary Grant - United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
    --5 is a kind of actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
  6. Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant - 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    --6 is a kind of general, full general; President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive
  7. concession, grant - a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
    --7 is a kind of contract
    --7 has particulars: franchise
  8. grant - a right or privilege that has been granted
    --8 is a kind of     right
    Derived forms: verb grant4, verb grant1
,Verb grant has 7 senses
  1. allow, grant - let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
    --1 is one way to give
    Derived forms: noun granter1, noun grant8
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody something
  2. award, grant - give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
    --2 is one way to allocate, apportion
    Derived forms: noun grant1, noun grantee1
    Sample sentences:
    They grant the money to them
    They grant them the money
  3. concede, yield, grant - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
    --3 is one way to agree, hold, concur, concord
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s to somebody
  4. accord, allot, grant - allow to have; "grant a privilege"
    --4 is one way to give
    Derived form: noun grant8
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  5. grant, give - bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
    Derived forms: noun granter1, noun grantee1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  6. concede, yield, cede, grant - give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
    --6 is one way to give
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  7. grant, deed over - transfer by deed; "grant land"
    --7 is one way to give, gift, present
    Derived forms: noun grant3, noun grantee1, noun grantor1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
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