grant
1. any monetary aid (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
aid, economic aid, financial aid
• Hyponyms:
subsidy, grant-in-aid
2. the act of providing a subsidy (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
subsidization, subsidisation
• Derivationally related forms:
subsidise (for: subsidisation), subsidize (for: subsidization)
• Hypernyms:
allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling,
parcelling, assignation
• Hyponyms:
award, awarding, block grant, grant-in-aid
3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
assignment
• Derivationally related forms:
assign (for: assignment)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
transferred property, transferred possession
• Hyponyms:
appanage, apanage, land grant
4. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- he got the beer concession at the ball park
• Syn:
concession
• Hypernyms:
contract
• Hyponyms:
franchise
5. a right or privilege that has been granted
• Hypernyms:
right
1. let have (Freq. 14)
- grant permission
- Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison
• Syn:
allow
• Ant:
deny (for: allow)
• Derivationally related forms:
granter
• Hypernyms:
give
• Hyponyms:
vouchsafe, allowance
• Verb Group:
permit, allow, let, countenance
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit (Freq. 9)
- the referee awarded a free kick to the team
- the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff
- Funds are granted to qualified researchers
• Syn:
award
• Derivationally related forms:
grantee
• Hypernyms:
give
• Hyponyms:
pension, pension off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They grant the money to them
- They grant them the money
3. be willing to concede (Freq. 5)
- I grant you this much
• Syn:
concede, yield
• Derivationally related forms:
yielding (for: yield), concessive (for: concede), concession (for: concede), conceding (for: concede)
• Hypernyms:
agree, hold, concur, concord
• Hyponyms:
forgive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: yield)
- Somebody ----s (for: concede)
4. allow to have (Freq. 3)
- grant a privilege
• Syn:
accord, allot
• Derivationally related forms:
accordance (for: accord)
• Hypernyms:
give
• Hyponyms:
give, enfranchise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
5. bestow, especially officially (Freq. 2)
- grant a degree
- give a divorce
- This bill grants us new rights
• Syn:
give
• Derivationally related forms:
granter, grantee
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
6. transfer by deed
- grant land
• Syn:
deed over
• Derivationally related forms:
grantee, grantor
• Hypernyms:
give, gift, present
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
7. give over;
surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Syn:
concede, yield, cede
• Derivationally related forms:
cession (for: cede), concession (for: concede), conceding (for: concede)
• Hypernyms:
give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
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