Word of the Week #13

This week’s Word of the Week is, “Grant”- verb (used with object)

1. to bestow or confer, especially 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, especially by deed or writing: to grant property.

noun

6. 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.

7. the act of granting.

8. Law. a transfer of property.

9. a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.

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