From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter, from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter, from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere.

• (RP) enPR: gränt IPA: /ɡɹɑːnt/
• (America) enPR: grănt IPA: /ɡɹænt/
• (Mid-Atlantic) enPR: grŏnt IPA: /ɡɹɒnt/

grant (grants, present participle granting; simple past and past participle granted)

1. (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)

   He was granted permission to attend the meeting.

   The genie granted him three wishes

   Antonyms: deny

2. (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request)
   • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548 ↗:

     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.

   • c. 1930, Serenity Prayer

     God, grant me the serenity […]

3. (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

   Synonyms: concur, concede, allow

   • a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":

     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.
   • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene i]:

     Before I would have granted to that act.
     But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

• French: accorder
• German: gewähren
• Italian: permettere, concedere
• Portuguese: conceder
• Russian: предоставля́ть
• Spanish: otorgar

• German: erteilen
• Italian: conferire
• Portuguese: conceder
• Russian: выдава́ть
• Spanish: conceder, otorgar

• French: admettre
• Italian: ammettere, garantire
• Russian: допуска́ть

• German: bewilligen
• Italian: acconsentire
• Russian: соглаша́ться

grant (plural grants)

1. The act of granting or giving

   Synonyms: concession, allowance

   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. (law) 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.

• Italian: concessione, permesso
• Portuguese: concessão
• Russian: предоставле́ние

• Italian: concessione, ammissione
• Russian: (yield) усту́пка

• French: subvention, bourse (to do studies or investigations)
• Italian: sovvenzione
• Portuguese: subvenção
• Russian: грант
• Spanish: subvención, beca (to do studies or investigations)

• Italian: concessione

• Italian: patrocinio
• Spanish: patrocinio

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis.

• (RP) IPA: /ɡɹɑːnt/
• (America) IPA: /ɡɹænt/

1. Surname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
2. A male given name.
3. A placename
   1. A number of places in USA:
      1. A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
      2. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
      3. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
      4. A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
      5. A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
      6. A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
      7. A small city/county seat in Perkins County, Nebraska.
      8. An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
      9. An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
      10. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
      11. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
      12. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
      13. A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
      14. A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
      15. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
      16. A large number of townships in the USA, listed under Grant Township.
   2. The Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan.
   3. A former rural locality in Barcaldine.
   4. A village in Tolmin, Slovenia
   5. Ellipsis of Grant City
   6. Ellipsis of Grant County
   7. Ellipsis of Grant Parish
   8. Ellipsis of Grant Town
   9. Ellipsis of Grant Township

grant (plural grants)

1. (slang) A United States fifty-dollar bill. (From the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on them.)

   Synonyms: Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Grant