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Definition of grant in English: grantverb ɡrɑːntɡrænt 1usually with two objects Agree to give or allow (something requested) to. they were granted a meeting Example sentencesExamples - He's finally come to the conclusion that he's granting her last request.
- When asked for permission to reproduce a work she granted the request and refused payment.
- Naturally, I did not read between the lines of her letter, and did not detect the threatening undertone of what would happen if her request was not granted.
- His request was granted - but then overturned when legal chiefs in London intervened, ruling it was not a legitimate excuse.
- ‘Bulgaria has already granted Germany's request,’ he said, adding no further requests are expected.
- Her request was granted, although the hospital doesn't usually acquiesce to such appeals.
- The memo does not indicate the nature of the search, whether Justice ever asked the court and - if so - whether the court granted the request.
- He eventually ruled he couldn't grant the request for an injunction because he would then be deciding the question of rights without hearing full evidence and argument.
- I do hope the lady's request is granted, but we on this estate seem to be banging our heads against a brick wall as no-one is listening to us, or if they are, they are just ignoring us.
- Near the end of the first semester, I requested and was granted permission to open a school store.
- A month ago I would have gladly granted your request.
- The judge granted his request to testify behind a screen.
- If you grant the request, put the arrangements in writing.
- The Act seems to apply where the bank has agreed to grant the customer an overdraft but has not finalized details of the arrangement.
- Now Defra has announced that the Government will keep the rural exceptions policy, allowing local councils to grant planning permission for affordable homes.
- A spokesman says he must appear, that there's been no request or permission granted excusing his presence.
- It granted the officers' request for a warrant, but didn't specifically say that they could search occupants of the house other than the drug dealer.
- Accordingly, whether to grant a relocation request is not a decision courts make lightly.
- The grateful czar told the soldier that he would reward him by granting any request he made.
- A circus could be part of this year's Stromness Shopping Week, after councillors agreed to grant permission to allow a visiting circus to set up on OIC land.
Synonyms allow, accord, permit, afford, concede, vouchsafe - 1.1 Give (a right, power, property, etc.) formally or legally to.
they will grant you asylum Example sentencesExamples - I have already mentioned the power to grant bail.
- The usual understanding of Reed is that it applies to require the State that grants immigration rights to unmarried partners of its own nationals to grant such rights to migrant workers too.
- Even though they might appear to be enquiring into the validity or scope of an intellectual property right granted by a foreign sovereign.
- Now under Victorian law, there is a specific power granted by parliament to enable police to engage in criminal activity for drug investigations.
- A by-law is a kind of municipal statute - it is municipal legislation within the powers granted by the provincial Legislature.
- The court ruled that international law does not grant the right of individuals to seek war damages from a state.
- Can powers granted by an enabling Act only be enlarged or modified by express words of authorisation?
- Thus, Massachusetts will now take the lead among states as the only one to grant the right of civil marriage to same-sex couples.
- However, Article 10 does not in itself grant a right of asylum or a right for an alien to stay in a given country.
- However, the preferred option is to grant a power of attorney.
- Rather than grant rights of asylum, the report A New Vision for Refugees proposes a range of ‘protected areas’ near or in the refugees' country of origin, where they can be held.
- It has been a sovereign entity and has enjoyed this situation for years under the rights granted by international law.
- Similarly, we would say, a common law lease grants a right of exclusive possession because that is what a common law lease does.
- A patent grants the exclusive rights to sell a drug for 17 years.
- Thus in some countries, we have been able to craft the license to give the author the power to grant both copyrights and moral rights.
- Property owners must also grant right of access to Revenue officials to an approved building to monitor compliance with the reasonable access requirements.
- What cannot be ignored is why property rights are granted - what social functions they serve.
- I conclude that, notwithstanding the use of the word private to describe the Order route, unrestricted public rights of way including vehicular rights were undoubtedly granted.
- So why, then, do we grant intellectual property rights?
- If the Secretary of State decides to grant a right of retention he shall issue to the grantee a retention document.
Synonyms bestow on, confer on, give, impart to, present with award to, present to, donate to, contribute to, provide with, endow with, hand out to furnish with, supply with allocate to, allot to, assign to
2usually with two objects Agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true. he hasn't made much progress, I'll grant you that Example sentencesExamples - I did have time to think ‘oh no’ (very useful, I grant you) and turn to follow her progress.
- Okay, that may be true Simon granted him, but he might be gay and he thought that London was an extraordinary example of feminine beauty.
- Especially since it's true (only an added benefit these days, I grant you.)
- It's true, I'll grant you, that we are the party of the family - in an entirely inclusive, compassionate sort of way, naturally - and mean to stay that way.
Synonyms admit, accept, concede, yield, cede, allow, appreciate, recognize, acknowledge, confess agree, concur, go along with
noun ɡrɑːntɡrænt 1A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose. Example sentencesExamples - The 18 per cent grant set aside in the budget will be used appropriately for this purpose.
- He said: ‘They have raised half of their money with grants and if we do half as well as them we'll be fine.’
- Local government is hardly local at all, in that most of its functions involve hitting targets set by central government, while most of its money comes in grants from the centre, rather than locally raised council tax.
- Twenty-one arts projects in the Yorkshire and Humber region got the go-ahead with the announcement of a new round of grants from Lottery money yesterday.
- The first part of the initiative sought to make it easier for religious organizations to get government grants to provide social services.
- A two-tier system is already in place in terms of the allocation of existing research grants and that will only be exacerbated if and when greater resources become available.
- The money will enable Essex Police to use the main grant for its intended purpose - crime prevention.
- The council now has to raise £6.7m, with the remaining money coming from smaller grants and sponsorship.
- Students who place in the top 20 percent of their class are sought after by schools and often eligible for free money - scholarships and grants.
- The World Bank, founded in 1944, lends money and makes grants to developing countries around the world.
- If the pools are closed, will the council promise to redirect the money saved to grants to help clubs and support other well-organised projects that promote sports participation?
- If all they are going to do is cream off money from research grants in Europe, we would not want to see that happen.
- If a grant is awarded the money will go towards research and a feasibility study for the larger project of copying and moving the stones.
- The money is used for small grants to deserving organizations and individuals.
- AMERICAN FORESTS is raising money to provide tree-planting grants to organizations in the Chicago area.
- She argued that students from lower income families would get grants and bursaries and, in effect, money from well-off students would be directed to help them.
- Ever since the withdrawal of the government's local authority social housing grant, the district council has been looking at ways of financing development of affordable housing in the district.
- The appointee will be responsible for raking in as much money as possible from grants, bids, special policing services and sponsorship.
- All farmers, landowners and parish councils in the National Park can apply for grants from the money which has come through Yorkshire and Humber Regional Development Agency.
- The association records any research grants or contracts money that council members have received in a financial year.
Synonyms endowment, subvention, award, donation, bursary, contribution, allowance, subsidy, handout, allocation, allotment, gift, present scholarship, sponsorship stipend formal benefaction - 1.1formal mass noun The action of granting something.
we had to recommend the grant or refusal of broadcasting licences Example sentencesExamples - In their dissenting note both the members had stated that the committee did not have the power to go into the question of grant or refusal of minority statues to anyone.
- Accordingly he argued that the Council should have sought judicial review of the grant of listed building consent in 1993.
- This would, therefore, keep issues such as grant of visas and immigration policies very much alive in the days to come.
- A similar inference can be drawn from the lack of any sustained increase in the grant of legal aid certificates in respect of clinical negligence and the value of bills paid in this area.
- It held that the merits of the case did not justify the grant of legal aid.
- By the late Sixties, corruption spread to more areas of administration, particularly large projects and grant of permits, licences and quotas.
Synonyms allocation, allotment, issuing, issuance, awarding, granting, administration, earmarking, designation, setting aside, budgeting - 1.2Law A legal conveyance or formal conferment.
Example sentencesExamples - But it is to the discretion of the bank/building society that hold the assets whether or not they require to see the legal document called a grant of Probate or Letters of administration.
- The estate as of the death, whatever it was, if any, passes to the executor from the will not on the grant of probate, of course.
- The most sought-after expression of patronage was a grant of land, conferring both wealth and status.
- Mr Chitolie seeks revocation of a grant of probate to his brothers of his sister's will.
- She continued to draw income support after her mother's death and after the grant of probate to her mother's will of which she was an executrix as well as a beneficiary.
Phrases 1Fail to properly appreciate (someone or something), especially as a result of overfamiliarity. the comforts that people take for granted Example sentencesExamples - The right to own land and other property is taken for granted in many countries.
- I have found that people in developing countries do not take their medical care for granted and really appreciate the care that we give to their children.
- The problem with being an All-Star is that good performances are taken for granted and people expect more.
- The average citizen fails to appreciate civil liberties precisely because in this country they can be taken for granted.
- Their wives have become spoiled, take their efforts for granted and have unrealistic expectations.
- I know I took you for granted, expecting you always to be around when that's not possible.
- We believe teachers have been taken for granted for too long.
- In reality, he's showing all the signs of taking our success for granted and assuming it will go on forever…
- Everything ran smoothly for the next two months, but I guess I took things for granted.
- You don't take things for granted, you accept what you have, and you're aware, well, you are only human in the end, no matter if you're rich or you're poor, everyone's the same.
2Assume that something is true without questioning it. George had taken it for granted that they'd get married Example sentencesExamples - Bean's profound understanding of the work can be taken for granted; his fiery brilliance is evident at the start of the finale.
- If it is taken for granted that material comfort is all that our elderly parents hope for, where then can we draw the line of demarcation between our attitudes toward pet animals and our parents, who begot, gave birth to and raised us?
- To take these issues for granted, to simply accept knowledge structures as they are presented to you, is to avoid critical thinking.
- They take the void for granted and don't expect the day when it will fill up with romance, or children, or whatever.
- The conclusions of the Qur'an are not taken for granted but verified through observation of the world.
Synonyms assume, presume, suppose, take it, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean
Origin Middle English: from Old French granter 'consent to support', variant of creanter 'to guarantee', based on Latin credere 'entrust'. Rhymes aren't, aslant, aunt, can't, chant, courante, détente, enchant, entente, implant, Nantes, plant, shan't, slant, supplant, transplant, underplant Definition of grant in US English: grantverbɡræntɡrant 1Agree to give or allow (something requested) to. a letter granting them permission to smoke Example sentencesExamples - His request was granted - but then overturned when legal chiefs in London intervened, ruling it was not a legitimate excuse.
- Accordingly, whether to grant a relocation request is not a decision courts make lightly.
- The judge granted his request to testify behind a screen.
- He eventually ruled he couldn't grant the request for an injunction because he would then be deciding the question of rights without hearing full evidence and argument.
- A spokesman says he must appear, that there's been no request or permission granted excusing his presence.
- The Act seems to apply where the bank has agreed to grant the customer an overdraft but has not finalized details of the arrangement.
- The grateful czar told the soldier that he would reward him by granting any request he made.
- It granted the officers' request for a warrant, but didn't specifically say that they could search occupants of the house other than the drug dealer.
- I do hope the lady's request is granted, but we on this estate seem to be banging our heads against a brick wall as no-one is listening to us, or if they are, they are just ignoring us.
- Now Defra has announced that the Government will keep the rural exceptions policy, allowing local councils to grant planning permission for affordable homes.
- He's finally come to the conclusion that he's granting her last request.
- A month ago I would have gladly granted your request.
- The memo does not indicate the nature of the search, whether Justice ever asked the court and - if so - whether the court granted the request.
- Near the end of the first semester, I requested and was granted permission to open a school store.
- Her request was granted, although the hospital doesn't usually acquiesce to such appeals.
- Naturally, I did not read between the lines of her letter, and did not detect the threatening undertone of what would happen if her request was not granted.
- A circus could be part of this year's Stromness Shopping Week, after councillors agreed to grant permission to allow a visiting circus to set up on OIC land.
- If you grant the request, put the arrangements in writing.
- ‘Bulgaria has already granted Germany's request,’ he said, adding no further requests are expected.
- When asked for permission to reproduce a work she granted the request and refused payment.
Synonyms allow, accord, permit, afford, concede, vouchsafe - 1.1 Give (a right, power, property, etc.) formally or legally to.
the amendment that granted women the right to vote Example sentencesExamples - What cannot be ignored is why property rights are granted - what social functions they serve.
- Can powers granted by an enabling Act only be enlarged or modified by express words of authorisation?
- I conclude that, notwithstanding the use of the word private to describe the Order route, unrestricted public rights of way including vehicular rights were undoubtedly granted.
- However, the preferred option is to grant a power of attorney.
- Similarly, we would say, a common law lease grants a right of exclusive possession because that is what a common law lease does.
- The usual understanding of Reed is that it applies to require the State that grants immigration rights to unmarried partners of its own nationals to grant such rights to migrant workers too.
- Thus, Massachusetts will now take the lead among states as the only one to grant the right of civil marriage to same-sex couples.
- Rather than grant rights of asylum, the report A New Vision for Refugees proposes a range of ‘protected areas’ near or in the refugees' country of origin, where they can be held.
- It has been a sovereign entity and has enjoyed this situation for years under the rights granted by international law.
- A by-law is a kind of municipal statute - it is municipal legislation within the powers granted by the provincial Legislature.
- I have already mentioned the power to grant bail.
- However, Article 10 does not in itself grant a right of asylum or a right for an alien to stay in a given country.
- A patent grants the exclusive rights to sell a drug for 17 years.
- Property owners must also grant right of access to Revenue officials to an approved building to monitor compliance with the reasonable access requirements.
- Even though they might appear to be enquiring into the validity or scope of an intellectual property right granted by a foreign sovereign.
- So why, then, do we grant intellectual property rights?
- If the Secretary of State decides to grant a right of retention he shall issue to the grantee a retention document.
- The court ruled that international law does not grant the right of individuals to seek war damages from a state.
- Thus in some countries, we have been able to craft the license to give the author the power to grant both copyrights and moral rights.
- Now under Victorian law, there is a specific power granted by parliament to enable police to engage in criminal activity for drug investigations.
Synonyms bestow on, confer on, give, impart to, present with
2Agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true. he hasn't made much progress, I'll grant you that Example sentencesExamples - Especially since it's true (only an added benefit these days, I grant you.)
- It's true, I'll grant you, that we are the party of the family - in an entirely inclusive, compassionate sort of way, naturally - and mean to stay that way.
- I did have time to think ‘oh no’ (very useful, I grant you) and turn to follow her progress.
- Okay, that may be true Simon granted him, but he might be gay and he thought that London was an extraordinary example of feminine beauty.
Synonyms admit, accept, concede, yield, cede, allow, appreciate, recognize, acknowledge, confess
nounɡræntɡrant 1A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose. Example sentencesExamples - The first part of the initiative sought to make it easier for religious organizations to get government grants to provide social services.
- All farmers, landowners and parish councils in the National Park can apply for grants from the money which has come through Yorkshire and Humber Regional Development Agency.
- Local government is hardly local at all, in that most of its functions involve hitting targets set by central government, while most of its money comes in grants from the centre, rather than locally raised council tax.
- If all they are going to do is cream off money from research grants in Europe, we would not want to see that happen.
- If the pools are closed, will the council promise to redirect the money saved to grants to help clubs and support other well-organised projects that promote sports participation?
- The association records any research grants or contracts money that council members have received in a financial year.
- AMERICAN FORESTS is raising money to provide tree-planting grants to organizations in the Chicago area.
- If a grant is awarded the money will go towards research and a feasibility study for the larger project of copying and moving the stones.
- She argued that students from lower income families would get grants and bursaries and, in effect, money from well-off students would be directed to help them.
- Ever since the withdrawal of the government's local authority social housing grant, the district council has been looking at ways of financing development of affordable housing in the district.
- The money is used for small grants to deserving organizations and individuals.
- Students who place in the top 20 percent of their class are sought after by schools and often eligible for free money - scholarships and grants.
- A two-tier system is already in place in terms of the allocation of existing research grants and that will only be exacerbated if and when greater resources become available.
- The World Bank, founded in 1944, lends money and makes grants to developing countries around the world.
- The money will enable Essex Police to use the main grant for its intended purpose - crime prevention.
- The 18 per cent grant set aside in the budget will be used appropriately for this purpose.
- The appointee will be responsible for raking in as much money as possible from grants, bids, special policing services and sponsorship.
- Twenty-one arts projects in the Yorkshire and Humber region got the go-ahead with the announcement of a new round of grants from Lottery money yesterday.
- The council now has to raise £6.7m, with the remaining money coming from smaller grants and sponsorship.
- He said: ‘They have raised half of their money with grants and if we do half as well as them we'll be fine.’
Synonyms endowment, subvention, award, donation, bursary, contribution, allowance, subsidy, handout, allocation, allotment, gift, present - 1.1formal The action of granting something.
we had to recommend the grant or refusal of broadcasting licences Example sentencesExamples - Accordingly he argued that the Council should have sought judicial review of the grant of listed building consent in 1993.
- By the late Sixties, corruption spread to more areas of administration, particularly large projects and grant of permits, licences and quotas.
- A similar inference can be drawn from the lack of any sustained increase in the grant of legal aid certificates in respect of clinical negligence and the value of bills paid in this area.
- It held that the merits of the case did not justify the grant of legal aid.
- This would, therefore, keep issues such as grant of visas and immigration policies very much alive in the days to come.
- In their dissenting note both the members had stated that the committee did not have the power to go into the question of grant or refusal of minority statues to anyone.
Synonyms allocation, allotment, issuing, issuance, awarding, granting, administration, earmarking, designation, setting aside, budgeting - 1.2Law A legal conveyance or formal conferment.
Example sentencesExamples - The most sought-after expression of patronage was a grant of land, conferring both wealth and status.
- But it is to the discretion of the bank/building society that hold the assets whether or not they require to see the legal document called a grant of Probate or Letters of administration.
- She continued to draw income support after her mother's death and after the grant of probate to her mother's will of which she was an executrix as well as a beneficiary.
- The estate as of the death, whatever it was, if any, passes to the executor from the will not on the grant of probate, of course.
- Mr Chitolie seeks revocation of a grant of probate to his brothers of his sister's will.
Phrases 1Fail to properly appreciate (someone or something), especially as a result of overfamiliarity. the comforts that people take for granted Example sentencesExamples - The problem with being an All-Star is that good performances are taken for granted and people expect more.
- I know I took you for granted, expecting you always to be around when that's not possible.
- I have found that people in developing countries do not take their medical care for granted and really appreciate the care that we give to their children.
- We believe teachers have been taken for granted for too long.
- The average citizen fails to appreciate civil liberties precisely because in this country they can be taken for granted.
- The right to own land and other property is taken for granted in many countries.
- You don't take things for granted, you accept what you have, and you're aware, well, you are only human in the end, no matter if you're rich or you're poor, everyone's the same.
- In reality, he's showing all the signs of taking our success for granted and assuming it will go on forever…
- Everything ran smoothly for the next two months, but I guess I took things for granted.
- Their wives have become spoiled, take their efforts for granted and have unrealistic expectations.
2Assume that something is true without questioning it. those companies challenged beliefs that everyone else took for granted George had taken it for granted that they'd get married Example sentencesExamples - The conclusions of the Qur'an are not taken for granted but verified through observation of the world.
- Bean's profound understanding of the work can be taken for granted; his fiery brilliance is evident at the start of the finale.
- To take these issues for granted, to simply accept knowledge structures as they are presented to you, is to avoid critical thinking.
- They take the void for granted and don't expect the day when it will fill up with romance, or children, or whatever.
- If it is taken for granted that material comfort is all that our elderly parents hope for, where then can we draw the line of demarcation between our attitudes toward pet animals and our parents, who begot, gave birth to and raised us?
Synonyms assume, presume, suppose, take it, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean
Origin Middle English: from Old French granter ‘consent to support’, variant of creanter ‘to guarantee’, based on Latin credere ‘entrust’. |