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grant / grant/ • v. 1. agree to give or allow (something requested) to: a letter granting them permission to smoke. ∎ give (a right, power, property, etc.) formally or legally to: the amendment that granted women the right to vote. 2. agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true: he hasn't made much progress, I'll grant you that. • 1. n. a sum of money given by an organization, esp. a government, for a particular purpose. ∎ formal the action of granting something: we had to recommend the grant or refusal of broadcasting licenses. ∎ Law a legal conveyance or formal conferment: a grant of land a grant of probate. 2. a geographical subdivision in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. PHRASES: take someone/something for granted fail to appreciate someone or something that is very familiar or obvious: the comforts that people take for granted she took him for granted. take something for granted assume that something is true without questioning it: people no longer took for granted everything about Christianity.DERIVATIVES: grant·a·ble adj. grant·er n. |
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"grant." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grant." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grant015.html "grant." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grant015.html |
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GRANTTo confer, give, or bestow. A gift of legal rights or privileges, or a recognition of asserted rights, as in treaty. In the law of property, the term grant can be used in a deed to convey land, regardless of the number and types of rights conferred or the promises made by the transferor to the transferee. It is a comprehensive term that encompasses more specific words of transfer, such as assign, bargain, and devise. A public land grant is a conveyance of ownership or other rights and privileges in publicly owned property to members of the general public who come under the qualifications of the statute that makes the land available. Such a grant is ordinarily noted in a public record, such as a charter or patent. In order to properly trace the ownership of property, it is sometimes necessary to determine each successive owner following the first grant. A private grant is a grant of public land by a public official to a private individual as a type of reward or prize. |
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"Grant." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Grant." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702024.html "Grant." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702024.html |
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Grant ♂ Transferred use of the surname, common in Scotland, where it is the name of a famous clan. It is derived from a nickname meaning ‘large’ (Anglo-Norman grand). In the United States the name is sometimes bestowed in honour of the Civil War general and 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Grant." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Grant." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Grant.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Grant." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Grant.html |
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grant agree to, allow, concede XIII; bestow formally XIV. — OF. gra(a)nter, greanter, alteration of creanter guarantee, assure :- Rom. *crēdentāre, f. crēdent-, prp. stem of L. crēdere believe, trust (see CREDIT).
Hence grant sb. XIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "grant." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "grant." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grant.html T. F. HOAD. "grant." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grant.html |
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•ant, Brabant, Brandt, brant, cant, enceinte, extant, gallant, Kant, levant, pant, pointe, pointes, rant, scant
•confidant • commandant • hierophant
•Rembrandt • Amirante
•gallivant
•aren't, aslant, aunt, can't, chant, courante, détente, enchant, entente, grant, implant, Nantes, plant, shan't, slant, supplant, transplant, underplant
•plainchant • ashplant • eggplant
•house plant • restaurant
•debutant, debutante
•absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went
•orient • comment • portent
•malcontent
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"grant." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grant." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grant.html "grant." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grant.html |
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