[syn: grant, deed over]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grant \Grant\ (gr[.a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Granting.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter,
craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to
promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make
believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See
Creed, Credit.]
1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the
possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to
petition.
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Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1
Chron. xxi.
22.
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2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
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Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
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3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to
yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
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Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
--Dryden.
Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
allow; concede. See Give.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grant \Grant\, v. i.
To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grant \Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant,
promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.]
1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring;
concession; allowance; permission.
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2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
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3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. Especially:
a sum of money given to an institution, group, or
individual for a specific purpose, such as for scientific
research; as, he got a million-dollar grant from the
National Institutes of Health to study cancer.
Note: Grants for research and other purposes are given
usually by government agencies, charitable foundations,
or industrial organizations.
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4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing;
especially, an 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.
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Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically
applied to transfers of incorporeal hereditaments,
expectant estates, and letters patent from government
and such is its present application in some of the
United States. But now, in England the usual mode of
transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the
United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances
of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grant
n 1: any monetary aid
2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant,
subsidization, subsidisation]
3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn:
grant, assignment]
4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the
Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant,
Duncan James Corrow Grant]
5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant
leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, Cary
Grant]
6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union
armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant,
Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant,
Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary
business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn:
concession, grant]
8: a right or privilege that has been granted
v 1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few
visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny,
refuse]
2: 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";"Funds are granted to qualified
researchers" [syn: award, grant]
3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot,
grant]
5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a
divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant,
give]
6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: grant, deed over]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
280 Moby Thesaurus words for "grant":
OK, accede to, accept, accommodation, accord, accord to,
accordance, acknowledge, administer, admit, admit everything,
admit exceptions, afford, agree provisionally, agree to, aid,
alimony, allocate, allot, allotment, allow, allow for, allowance,
alms, annuity, approve, approve of, assent, assent grudgingly,
assign, assistance, assume, avow, award, awarding, be afraid,
be willing, believe, benefaction, bequest, bestow, bestow on,
bestowal, bestowment, blank check, bounty, brevet, carte blanche,
cede, cession, charity, charter, circumscription, come clean,
communicate, communication, concede, conceive, concession,
conclude, condescend, confer, conferment, conferral, confess,
connive at, consent, consent to, consent to silently, consider,
consider the circumstances, consider the source, contribution,
cop a plea, copyright, daresay, deal, deal out, deduce, deem,
deign, deliverance, delivery, depletion allowance, diploma,
discount, dish out, dispensation, dispense, disregard, distribute,
divine, dole, dole out, donate, donation, dream, endorse,
endowment, exception, exemption, expect, express general agreement,
extend, extenuating circumstances, fancy, favor, feel, fellowship,
financial assistance, fork out, franchise, freedom, furnish,
furnishment, gather, gift, gift with, gifting, give, give consent,
give freely, give leave, give out, give permission,
give the go-ahead, give the word, give up, giving, go along with,
grain of salt, grant-in-aid, granting, guaranteed annual income,
hand out, handout, have no objection, heap, hedge, hedging, help,
help to, hold with, imagine, immunity, impart, impartation,
impartment, indulgence, infer, investiture, issue, lavish, leave,
let, let be, let have, let on, letters patent, liberality, liberty,
license, lift temporarily, limitation, make allowance for,
make possible, mental reservation, mete, mete out, modification,
nod, nod assent, not oppose, not refuse, offer, okay,
old-age insurance, open up, opine, out with it, own, own up,
patent, pecuniary aid, pension, permit, plead guilty, pour,
prefigure, present, presentation, presentment, presume, presuppose,
presurmise, price support, privilege, proffer, provide for,
provision, provisionally accept, public assistance, public welfare,
qualification, rain, ratify, reckon, recognize, relax,
relax the condition, release, relief, relinquish, render, repute,
reservation, restriction, retirement benefits, royal grant, salvo,
sanction, say, say aye, say the word, say yes, scholarship, serve,
set aside, shell out, shower, slip, snow, special case,
special favor, special treatment, specialness, specification,
spill, spill it, spit it out, stipend, subscription, subsidization,
subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, support, suppose, surmise,
surrender, suspect, take, take account of, take for,
take for granted, take into account, take into consideration,
take it, take kindly to, take to be, tax benefit, tell all,
tell the truth, tender, think, understand, vote affirmatively,
vote aye, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, waive, waiver, warrant,
welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments, wink at, yield,
yield assent
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
GRANT, BARGAIN, AND SELL. - By the laws of the states of Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Missouri, and Alabama, it is declared that the words grant,
bargain, and sell) shall amount to a covenant that the grantor was seised of
an estate in fee, freed from encumbrances done or suffered by him, and for
quiet enjoyment as against all his acts. These words do not amount to a
general warranty, but merely to a covenant that the grantor has not done any
acts nor created any, encumbrance, by which the estate may be defeated. 2
Binn. R. 95 3 Penna. R. 313; 3 Penna., R. 317, note; 1 Rawle, 377; 1 Misso.
576. Vide 2 Caines R. 188; 1 Murph. R. 343; Id. 348; Ark. Rev. Stat, ch. 31,
s. 1; 11 S. & R. 109.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
GRANT, conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable
to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the
term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another,
and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words
in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the
operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and
granted."
2. Incorporeal rights are said to lie in grant and not in livery, for
existing only in idea, in contemplation of law, they cannot be transferred
by livery of possession; of course at common law, a conveyance in writing
was necessary, hence they are said to be in grant, and to pass by the
delivery of the deed.
3. To render the grant effectual, the common law required the consent
of the tenant of the land out of which the rent, or other incorporeal
interest proceeded; and this was called attornment. (q. v.) It arose from
the intimate alliance between the lord and vassal existing under the feudal
tenures., The tenant could not alien the feud without the consent of the
lord, nor the lord part with his seigniory without the consent of the
tenant. The necessity of attornment has been abolished in the United States.
4 Kent, Com. 479. He who makes the grant is called the grantor, and he to
whom it is made the grantee. Vide Com. Dig. h. t.; 14 Vin. Ab. 27; Bac. Ab.
h. t. 4 Kent, Com. 477; 2 Bl. Com. 317, 440; Perk. ch. 1; Touchs. c. 12; 8
Cowen's R. 36.
4. By the word grant, in a treaty, is meant not only a formal grant,
but any concession, warrant, order, or permission to survey, possess or
settle; whether written or parol, express, or presumed from possession. Such
a grant may be made by law, as well as by a patent pursuant to a law., 12
Pet. R. 410. See, generally, 9 A. & E. 532; 5 Mass. 472; 9 Pick. 80.
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 22384
Housing Units (2000): 9306
Land area (2000): 259.930110 sq. miles (673.215866 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.860946 sq. miles (2.229839 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 260.791056 sq. miles (675.445705 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.657847 N, 84.602295 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, KY
Grant County
Grant County, KY
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 7909
Housing Units (2000): 3027
Land area (2000): 574.856708 sq. miles (1488.871976 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.182769 sq. miles (0.473370 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 575.039477 sq. miles (1489.345346 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.565557 N, 101.321914 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, KS
Grant County
Grant County, KS
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 73403
Housing Units (2000): 30560
Land area (2000): 414.028701 sq. miles (1072.329368 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.806167 sq. miles (2.087962 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 414.834868 sq. miles (1074.417330 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.520940 N, 85.648911 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, IN
Grant County
Grant County, IN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 6289
Housing Units (2000): 3098
Land area (2000): 546.405022 sq. miles (1415.182450 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 28.771963 sq. miles (74.519039 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 575.176985 sq. miles (1489.701489 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.943961 N, 95.993381 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, MN
Grant County
Grant County, MN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. Parish in Louisiana
Population (2000): 18698
Housing Units (2000): 8531
Land area (2000): 645.114274 sq. miles (1670.838229 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 19.449093 sq. miles (50.372917 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 664.563367 sq. miles (1721.211146 sq. km)
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 31.583208 N, 92.569217 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, LA
Grant Parish
Grant Parish, LA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 5144
Housing Units (2000): 2622
Land area (2000): 1000.561020 sq. miles (2591.441035 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.046558 sq. miles (7.890549 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1003.607578 sq. miles (2599.331584 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.790006 N, 97.788044 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, OK
Grant County
Grant County, OK
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 747
Housing Units (2000): 449
Land area (2000): 776.224547 sq. miles (2010.412262 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.001026 sq. miles (18.132573 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 783.225573 sq. miles (2028.544835 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.896813 N, 101.724423 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, NE
Grant County
Grant County, NE
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 2841
Housing Units (2000): 1722
Land area (2000): 1659.462060 sq. miles (4297.986823 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.456122 sq. miles (16.721279 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1665.918182 sq. miles (4314.708102 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.410473 N, 101.707319 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, ND
Grant County
Grant County, ND
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in New Mexico
Population (2000): 31002
Housing Units (2000): 14066
Land area (2000): 3965.881511 sq. miles (10271.585524 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.622123 sq. miles (4.201280 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3967.503634 sq. miles (10275.786804 sq. km)
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 32.708567 N, 108.246748 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, NM
Grant County
Grant County, NM
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Oregon
Population (2000): 7935
Housing Units (2000): 4004
Land area (2000): 4528.603747 sq. miles (11729.029361 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.711380 sq. miles (1.842465 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4529.315127 sq. miles (11730.871826 sq. km)
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.491866 N, 118.928223 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, OR
Grant County
Grant County, OR
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in South Dakota
Population (2000): 7847
Housing Units (2000): 3456
Land area (2000): 682.513339 sq. miles (1767.701357 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.400626 sq. miles (13.987556 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 687.913965 sq. miles (1781.688913 sq. km)
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.187196 N, 96.711868 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, SD
Grant County
Grant County, SD
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in West Virginia
Population (2000): 11299
Housing Units (2000): 6105
Land area (2000): 477.208564 sq. miles (1235.964455 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.985495 sq. miles (7.732397 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 480.194059 sq. miles (1243.696852 sq. km)
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.089792 N, 79.180142 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, WV
Grant County
Grant County, WV
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 49597
Housing Units (2000): 19940
Land area (2000): 1147.849999 sq. miles (2972.917722 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 35.456667 sq. miles (91.832341 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1183.306666 sq. miles (3064.750063 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 42.876486 N, 90.667336 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, WI
Grant County
Grant County, WI
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Washington
Population (2000): 74698
Housing Units (2000): 29081
Land area (2000): 2681.060861 sq. miles (6943.915456 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 110.231514 sq. miles (285.498298 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2791.292375 sq. miles (7229.413754 sq. km)
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.223757 N, 119.410536 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, WA
Grant County
Grant County, WA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Grant -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000): 16464
Housing Units (2000): 6960
Land area (2000): 631.776919 sq. miles (1636.294639 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.233354 sq. miles (3.194372 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 633.010273 sq. miles (1639.489011 sq. km)
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.311031 N, 92.450809 W
Headwords:
Grant
Grant, AR
Grant County
Grant County, AR
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grant, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 1225
Housing Units (2000): 591
Land area (2000): 0.731520 sq. miles (1.894627 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.731520 sq. miles (1.894627 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19910
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.844405 N, 101.726109 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69140
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grant, NE
Grant
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grant, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 102
Housing Units (2000): 60
Land area (2000): 0.742865 sq. miles (1.924011 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010250 sq. miles (0.026548 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.753115 sq. miles (1.950559 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32295
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.142207 N, 94.985369 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50847
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grant, IA
Grant
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grant, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 881
Housing Units (2000): 344
Land area (2000): 0.652539 sq. miles (1.690068 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021200 sq. miles (0.054909 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.673739 sq. miles (1.744977 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34360
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.335900 N, 85.810103 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49327
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grant, MI
Grant
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grant, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 4026
Housing Units (2000): 1399
Land area (2000): 25.680969 sq. miles (66.513401 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.334642 sq. miles (3.456708 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 27.015611 sq. miles (69.970109 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25334
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.081746 N, 92.921057 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grant, MN
Grant
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Grant, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 665
Housing Units (2000): 306
Land area (2000): 1.769751 sq. miles (4.583635 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003042 sq. miles (0.007878 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.772793 sq. miles (4.591513 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31096
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 34.502899 N, 86.255378 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35747
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grant, AL
Grant