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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grant \Grant\, v. i. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grant \Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF graant, creant, promise, assurance. See {Grant}, v. t.] 1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. 2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute. 3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. 4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as a grant of land or of money; also the deed or writing by which the transfer is made Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. Burrill From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grant \Grant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Granted}; p. pr & vb n. {Granting}.] [OE. graunten granten, OF graanter, craanter creanter to promise, yield, LL creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr L. credens, p. pr of credere to believe. See {Creed}, {Credit}.] 1. To give over to make conveyance of to give the possession or title of to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1 Chrcn xxi. 22. 2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton. 3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to to allow to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. --Dryden. Syn: Syn.-- To give confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit allow concede. See {Give}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grant n 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: 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}] 5: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business: "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: {concession}] 6: a right or privilege that has been granted v 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, esp. 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}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Grant, AL (town, FIPS 31096) Location: 34.51721 N, 86.25227 W Population (1990): 638 (268 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35747 Grant, IA (city, FIPS 32295) Location: 41.14222 N, 94.98511 W Population (1990): 123 (72 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50847 Grant, MI (city, FIPS 34360) Location: 43.33406 N, 85.81006 W Population (1990): 764 (311 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49327 Grant, NE (city, FIPS 19910) Location: 40.84441 N, 101.72566 W Population (1990): 1239 (585 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69140 Grant, OK Zip code(s): 74738
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