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grant
  • n  any monetary aid
  • n  the act of providing a subsidy
  • n  (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
  • n  Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
  • n  United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
  • n  18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
  • n  a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
  • n  a right or privilege that has been granted
  • v  let have
    grant permission
  • v  give as judged due or on the basis of merit
    Funds are granted to qualified researchers
  • v  be willing to concede
    I grant you this much
  • v  allow to have
    grant a privilege
  • v  bestow, especially officially
    grant a degree
    This bill grants us new rights
  • v  give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • v  transfer by deed
    grant land
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grant-in-aid
  • n  a grant from a central government to a local government
  • n  a grant to a person or school for some educational project
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grant wood
  • n  United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
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grantee
  • n  a recipient of a grant
  • n  someone to whom the title of property is transferred
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granth
  • n  the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus
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granth sahib
  • n  the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus
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grantor
  • n  a person who makes a grant in legal form
    conveyed from grantor to grantee
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grantor trust
  • n  a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more
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granular pearlite
  • n  if steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layers
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