grant

grant is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
2. transitive verb. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
3. transitive verb. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
4. intransitive verb. To assent; to consent.
5. transitive verb. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
6. transitive verb. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
7. transitive verb. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
8. transitive verb. A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
9. noun. the act of providing a subsidy

   Synonyms: subsidisation, subsidization

10. noun. a right or privilege that has been granted
11. noun. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

    "he got the beer concession at the ball park"

    Synonyms: concession

12. noun. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
13. noun. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
14. noun. Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
15. noun. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

    Synonyms: assignment

16. noun. any monetary aid
17. verb. be willing to concede

    "I grant you this much"

    Synonyms: concede, yield

18. verb. allow to have

    "grant a privilege"

    Synonyms: accord, allot

19. verb. let have

    "grant permission"

    "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"

    Synonyms: allow

20. verb. transfer by deed

    "grant land"

21. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: award

22. verb. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

    Synonyms: cede, concede, yield

23. verb. bestow, especially officially

    "grant a degree"

    "give a divorce"

    Synonyms: give

Synonyms

subsidisation, subsidization, concession, assignment, concede, yield, accord, allot, allow, award, cede, give

Common word forms

grants, granted, granter, granting, grantable

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