| Sounds | grae'nt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ant ... transplant: 24 rhymes with aent... | |
| Meaning | Any monetary aid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | grant-in-aid | A grant to a person or school for some educational / educational project |
| subsidy | A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public | |
| Broader | aid, economic aid, financial aid, assistance, financial assistance, economic assistance | money to support a worthy person or cause |
| Spanish | ayuda, beca, subvención | |
| Catalan | beca, subvenció | |
| Verbs | grant | give as judged due or on the basis of merit |
| Meaning | The act of providing a subsidy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | subsidization, subsidisation | |
| Narrower | award, awarding | A grant made by a law court |
| block grant | A grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs | |
| grant-in-aid | A grant from a central government to a local government | |
| Broader | allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation | The act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning |
| Spanish | subvención | |
| Catalan | subvenció | |
| Meaning | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | assignment | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | appanage, apanage | A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family |
| land grant | A grant of public land (as to a railway or college) | |
| Broader | transferred property, transferred possession | A possession whose ownership changes or lapses |
| Spanish | cesión | |
| Catalan | cesió | |
| Verbs | grant | transfer by deed |
| Meaning | Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant | |
| Instance of | painter | An artist who paints / paints |
| Member of | Bloomsbury Group | An inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles |
| Spanish | Duncan Grant | |
| Catalan | Duncan Grant | |
| Meaning | United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Cary Grant | |
| Instance of | actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player | A theatrical performer |
| Spanish | Cary Grant | |
| Catalan | Cary Grant | |
| Meaning | 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant | |
| Instance of | President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive | The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government |
| general, full general | A general officer of the highest rank | |
| Spanish | Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant | |
| Catalan | Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant | |
| Meaning | A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | concession | |
| Narrower | franchise | An authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place |
| Broader | contract | A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
| Spanish | concesión | |
| Catalan | concessió | |
| Meaning | A right or privilege that has been granted. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | right | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
| Verbs | grant | allow to have |
| grant | let have | |
| Meaning | Let have. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something | |
| Example | "grant permission" | |
| Synonym | allow | |
| Narrower | allowance | put on a fixed allowance, as of food |
| vouchsafe | grant in a condescending manner | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Opposite | deny, refuse | Refuse to let have |
| Similar to | permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
| Spanish | adjudicar, asentir, conceder, conferir, permitir | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, assentir, concedir, conferir, deixar, permetre | |
| Nouns | grant | a right or privilege that has been granted |
| granter | a person who grants / grants or gives something | |
| Meaning | Give as judged due or on the basis of merit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Model | They grant the money to them; They grant them the money | |
| Example | "Funds are granted to qualified researchers" | |
| Synonym | award | |
| Narrower | pension, pension off | grant a pension to |
| Broader | give | Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense |
| Spanish | adjudicar, conceder, conferir, otorgar, premiar | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, atorgar, concedir, conferir, premiar | |
| Nouns | grant | any monetary aid |
| grantee | a recipient of a grant / grant / grant | |
| Meaning | Be willing to concede. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Example | "I grant you this much" | |
| Synonyms | concede, yield | |
| Narrower | forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness |
| Broader | agree, hold, concur, concord | Be in accord / accord |
| Spanish | adjudicar, ceder, conceder, conferir, otorgar, sucumbir | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, atorgar, cedir, concedir, conferir, sucumbir | |
| Meaning | Allow to have. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "grant a privilege" | |
| Synonyms | accord, allot | |
| Narrower | enfranchise | grant voting rights |
| give | accord by verdict | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | adjudicar, conceder, conferir, destinar, otorgar | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, atorgar, concedir, conferir, destinar | |
| Nouns | grant | a right or privilege that has been granted |
| Meaning | bestow, especially officially. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | give | |
| Spanish | adjudicar, conceder, conferir, dar, otorgar | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, atorgar, concedir, conferir | |
| Nouns | grantee | a recipient of a grant / grant / grant |
| granter | a person who grants / grants or gives something | |
| Meaning | Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | concede, yield, cede | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | adjudicar, ceder, conceder, conferir, otorgar, sucumbir | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, atorgar, cedir, concedir, conferir, sucumbir | |
| Meaning | transfer by deed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "grant land" | |
| Synonym | deed over | |
| Broader | give, gift, present | Give as a present |
| Spanish | adjudicar, conceder, conferir, otorgar | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, atorgar, concedir, conferir | |
| Nouns | grant | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance |
| grantee | a recipient of a grant / grant / grant | |
| grantor | a person who makes a grant in legal form / form | |
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