# grant
## English
### Alternative forms

* graunt (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). More at guarantee, credit.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gränt IPA: /ɡɹɑːnt/
* (General American) enPR: grănt IPA: /ɡɹænt/
* (Mid-Atlantic) enPR: grŏnt IPA: /ɡɹɒnt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt

### Verb

grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)
* (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
    Antonym: deny
    He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
    The genie granted him three wishes
* (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
** 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
    He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
** c. 1930, Serenity Prayer
    God, grant me the serenity […]
** 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 23, page 19:In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]
* (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
    Synonyms: concur, concede, allow
** a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
    The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
** 1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, pages 23–24:"They are tall, certainly," said Sir Chetwynd... "I grant you they are tall. That is, the majority of them are. But I have seen short men among them. The Khedive is not taller than I am. And the Egyptian face is very deceptive. The features are often fine,—occasionally classic,—but intelligent expression is totally lacking."
* (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
** c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

#### Derived terms

* grantable
* regrant
* ungrant

#### Translations
### Noun

grant (plural grants)
* The act of granting or giving
    Synonyms: concession, allowance
    the grant of permission for a project
* The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
* The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
    I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
* (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
    a grant of land or of money
* The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
* (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

#### Derived terms

* block grant
* capital grant
* demogrant
* direct grant grammar school
* foregrant
* grant-back
* grant-forward
* grant-in-aid
* grant-in-kind
* grant in kind
* grantless
* grantmaker
* grantmaking
* grantsman
* land-grant
* land grant
* microgrant
* revenue sharing grant
* subgrant

#### Translations

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### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 “grant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Trang

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡrant]

### Noun

grant m inan
* grant (the thing or property granted; a gift; a boon)
    dotace a granty z evropských fondů ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    požádat o a získat grant od grantové agentury ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* grantový

#### Related terms

* See krédo

### Further reading

* “grant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “grant”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* grand
* grànt (ORB, narrow)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin grandis.

### Adjective

grant (feminine granta or grant, masculine plural grants, feminine plural grantes or grants) (ORB, broad)
* large
    Antonyms: pègno, petiôt, petit

#### Derived terms

* agrandissement
* agrantir
* grandèt
* grandir
* grant-marci
* grant-temps
* grantior

### References

* grand in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* grant in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Friulian
### Alternative forms

* grand (alternative orthography)

### Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

### Adjective

grant
* big, large

## Middle French
### Adjective

grant m or f (plural grans)
* (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

grant
* neuter singular of grann

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* graunt (late Anglo-Norman spelling)

### Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

### Adjective

grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande, comparative maior, superlative grandisme)
* big, large
** c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 168, line 2021:plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peineshe lamented her suffering and her great pain

#### Derived terms

* grandur

#### Descendants

* Middle French: grand
** French: grand
** Norman: grand
** Picard: grand
** → English: grand

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* grand (alternative spelling)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾant/

### Adjective

grant m or f (plural grandes)
* Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grȧt ſobrel mõt.On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

#### Descendants

* Spanish: gran

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English grant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant
* Syllabification: grant
* Homophone: grand

### Noun

grant m inan (related adjective grantowy)
* (law) grant (fund given by a person or organisation, often a public body, charitable foundation, a specialised grant-making institution, or in some cases a business with a corporate social responsibility mission, to an individual or another entity, usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a business or a local government body, for a specific purpose linked to public benefit)
    Coordinate terms: dofinansowanie, dotacja, subsydium, subwencja
* research, artistic, or social project that is funded by a grant obtained through a competition

#### Derived terms

* grantobiorca
* grantodawca

### Further reading

* grant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* grant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Adjective

grant
* indefinite neuter singular of grann