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grant¹

  • /ɡɹɑːnt/ General South African, UK, Southern England
  • /ɡɹɐːnt/ Australia, New Zealand, South
  • /ɡɹænt/ Canada, US
  • /ɡɹant/ Northern England
  • /ɡɾant/ Scotland
  • /ɡɹæːnt/ Australia
  • /ɡɹeənt/

Rhymes with -ænt, -ɑːnt

Where it comes from

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.

verb grants · granting · granted · grant

  1. ditransitive To give (permission or wish). He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
  2. ditransitive To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request). He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
  3. transitive To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true. The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
  4. intransitive To assent; to consent. Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

noun grants · graunt

  1. The act of granting or giving the grant of permission for a project
  2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
  4. A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government. a grant of land or of money
  5. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
  6. informal An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

Grant²

  • /ɡɹɑːnt/ UK
  • /ɡɹænt/ US

Sounds like grant · Rhymes with -ɑːnt, -ænt

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

proper noun Grants

  1. countable, uncountable An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
  6. countable, uncountable A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
  7. countable, uncountable A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
  8. countable, uncountable A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
  9. countable, uncountable A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
  12. countable, uncountable A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  13. countable, uncountable A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
  14. countable, uncountable A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  16. countable, uncountable A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
  17. countable, uncountable A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  18. countable, uncountable A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Grant Township.
  19. countable, uncountable A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372.
  20. countable, uncountable A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia.
  21. countable, uncountable A village in Tolmin, Slovenia.
  22. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Grant City.Grant City
  23. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Grant County.Grant County
  24. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Grant Parish.Grant Parish
  25. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Grant Town.Grant Town
  26. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Grant Township.Grant Township

noun Grants

  1. US, slang A United States fifty-dollar bill. He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.

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