Unscramble grant

Definition of grant

noun:

• any monetary aid.
• the act of providing a subsidy. Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization.
• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. Synonyms: assignment.
• Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978). Synonyms: Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant, Grant.
• United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986). Synonyms: Cary Grant, Grant.
• 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885). Synonyms: Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant.
• a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park". Synonyms: concession.
• a right or privilege that has been granted.

verb:

• let have; "grant permission", "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison". Synonyms: allow. Antonyms: deny.
• 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". Synonyms: award.
• be willing to concede; "I grant you this much". Synonyms: concede, yield.
• allow to have; "grant a privilege". Synonyms: accord, allot.
• bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree", "give a divorce", "This bill grants us new rights". Synonyms: give.
• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. Synonyms: cede, concede, yield.
• transfer by deed; "grant land". Synonyms: deed over.

Related words

allowance, apanage, appanage, award, awarding, enfranchise, forgive, franchise, give, pension, subsidy, vouchsafe.

Words nearby

brant, giant, graft, gran, grand, granth, grunt, rant.

Rhymes with

ant, aunt, brandt, brant, cant, chant, decant, enchant, implant, kant, levant, pant, plant, rant, recant, replant, scant, slant, supplant, transplant.