grant

Noun
  1. Any monetary aid (synset 113287915)
    hypernym: aid, assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance - gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
    hyponym:
    • subsidy - a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
    • grant-in-aid - a grant to a person or school for some educational project
  2. The act of providing a subsidy (synset 100088243)
    hypernym: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
    hyponym:
    • 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
    synonym: subsidisation, subsidization
  3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (synset 113275136)
    domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    hypernym: transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
    hyponym:
    • apanage, appanage - 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)
    synonym: assignment
  4. Scottish painter;
    Cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) (synset 111031555)
    instance hypernym: painter - an artist who paints
    member meronym: 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
    synonym: duncan grant, duncan james corrow grant
  5. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) (synset 111031394)
    instance hypernym: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian - a theatrical performer
    synonym: cary grant
  6. 18th President of the United States;
    Commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) (synset 111031119)
    instance hypernym:
    synonym: hiram ulysses grant, president grant, ulysses grant, ulysses s. grant, ulysses simpson grant
  7. A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business (synset 106538610)
    "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
    hypernym: contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
    hyponym: franchise - an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
    synonym: concession
  8. A right or privilege that has been granted (synset 105184004)
    hypernym: right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Verb
  1. Let have (synset 202260270)
    "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
    hypernym: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
    hyponym:
    • vouchsafe - grant in a condescending manner
    • allowance - put on a fixed allowance, as of food
    synonym: allow
    verb group: allow, countenance, let, permit - consent to, give permission
  2. Give as judged due or on the basis of merit (synset 202267085)
    "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff"; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
    hypernym: give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
    hyponym: pension, pension off - grant a pension to
    synonym: award
  3. Be willing to concede (synset 200807711)
    "I grant you this much"
    hypernym: agree, concord, concur, hold - be in accord; be in agreement
    hyponym: forgive - stop blaming or grant forgiveness
    synonym: concede, yield
  4. Allow to have (synset 202260076)
    "grant a privilege"
    hypernym: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
    hyponym:
    synonym: accord, allot
  5. Bestow, especially officially (synset 202322074)
    "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
    synonym: give
  6. Give over;
    Surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another (synset 202321629)
    hypernym: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
    synonym: cede, concede, yield
  7. Transfer by deed (synset 202260750)
    "grant land"
    hypernym: gift, give, present - give as a present; make a gift of
    synonym: deed over

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