grant: Meaning and Definition of

grant

1. to bestow or confer, esp. by a formal act: to grant a charter.
2. to give or accord: to grant permission.
3. to agree or accede to: to grant a request.
4. to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point.
5. to transfer or convey, esp. by deed or writing: to grant property.
6. Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.
1. to accept without question or objection; assume:Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.
2. to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner:A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.

1. something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project.
2. the act of granting.
3. a transfer of property.
4. a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.

Grant

1. (Archibald Leach), 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
2. 1856–1945, U.S. president of the Mormon Church 1918–45.
3. 1822–85, 18th president of the U.S. 1869–77: Union general in the Civil War.
4. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “large, great.”