grant

Noun

• a right or privilege that has been granted

• a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
  • he got the beer concession at the ball park
    

• 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

• United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

• Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

• the act of providing a subsidy

• any monetary aid

Verb

• transfer by deed
  • grant land
    

• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

• bestow, especially officially
  • grant a degree
    
  • give a divorce
    
  • This bill grants us new rights
    

• allow to have
  • grant a privilege
    

• be willing to concede
  • I grant you this much
    

• 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
    

• let have
  • grant permission
    
  • Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  concession , Grant , Ulysses Grant , Ulysses S. Grant , Ulysses Simpson Grant , Hiram Ulysses Grant , President Grant , Cary Grant , Duncan Grant , Duncan James Corrow Grant , assignment , subsidization , subsidisation , deed over , concede , yield , cede , give , accord , allot , award , allow
• Antonyms: 
  deny , refuse