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1. ditransitiveTo give (permission or wish).

   The genie granted him three wishes

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   He was granted permission to attend the meeting.

   Antonyms: deny

2. ditransitiveTo give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).

   c. 1930, Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity[…]

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   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.

   1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548

   In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

   2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19

3. transitiveTo 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.

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

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   "They are tall, certainly," said Sir Chetwynd... "I grant you they are tall. That is, the majority of them are. But I have seen short men among them. The Khedive is not taller than I am. And the Egyptian face is very deceptive. The features are often fine,—occasionally classic,—but intelligent expression is totally lacking."

   1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, pages 23–24

   D: Judge, Ms. Harlan is on trial for alleged crimes committed in Manhattan. Not something that occurred four months earlier in another state. / J: Ms. Harlan's defense is that she acted under duress. The fact that she was an enthusiastic participant in another similar crime is certainly... / D: Is irrelevant and prejudicial, even if it were true, which we certainly do not grant.

   1995 November 8, Ed Zuckerman, Morgan Gendel, “Hot Pursuit” (26:25 from the start), in Law & Order, season 6, episode 5, spoken by Defense Attorney Danielle Melnick and Executive ADA Jack McCoy (Tovah Feldshuh and Sam Waterston)

   Synonyms: concur, concede, allow

4. intransitiveTo assent; to consent.

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

   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]

plural grants · alternative obsolete graunt

1. The act of granting or giving

   the grant of permission for a project

   Synonyms: concession, allowance

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. lawA 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. informalAn application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

plural Grants

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

plural Grants

1. USslangA United States fifty-dollar bill.

   How much money would you have if you had 2 Grants, 4 Washingtons, and 1 Lincoln?

   1992, Mary Ann Haubner, Edward Rathmell, The Mathematics Experience, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1994, →ISBN, page 95

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   He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.

   1968, Earl Conrad, Billy Rose, Manhattan Primitive, Cleveland, Oh.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 181

   How much money would you have if you had […] 7 Grants? […] 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?

   1985, David W. Lowry, Earl G. Ockenga, Walter E. Rucker, Heath General Mathematics, Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath and Company, →ISBN, page 55

   Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).

   1990, Stewart Wolpin, The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle®, New York, N.Y.: New Chapter Press, →ISBN, page 339

   Write an equation for each relevant clue. Solve by substitution. […] h. 10 Grants make a McKinley (M_c). i. 2 Grants make a Franklin.

   1996, Alice Kaseberg, Introductory Algebra: A Just-in-Time Approach, Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 237

   Linus is afraid of money. Not the smaller bills, the Washingtons and Lincolns, the Jacksons and Grants, but the larger sums, the cashier’s checks with multiple zeros, the stock portfolios and escrow accounts, afraid too of what they buy, the new cars with their leather stink, the first-class seats on airplanes, the cellular phones and fax modems.

   1998, Noah Hawley, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 3

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