grant

Meanings

Verb

• to give (permission or wish)
• To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
• To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
• To assent; to consent.

Noun

• The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
• The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
• The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
• A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
• The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
• An application for a grant .

Origin

• From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter, from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter, from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere. More at guarantee, credit.