grant
pronunciation
How to pronounce grant in British English:
UK [ɡrɑːnt]
How to pronounce grant in American English:
US [ɡrænt]
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- Noun:
- any monetary aid
- the act of providing a subsidy
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- a right or privilege that has been granted
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- Verb:
- let have
- give on the basis of merit
- be willing to concede
- allow to have
- bestow, especially officially
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- transfer by deed
Word Origin
- grant
- grant: [13] To grant something etymologically implies an element of ‘belief’ or ‘trust’, although there is virtually no semantic trace of these left in the word today. Its ultimate source was crēdens, the present participle of Latin crēdere ‘believe’ (source of English credence, credible, etc). This was used as the basis of a new Vulgar Latin verb *crēdentāre, which passed into Old French as creanter ‘insure, guarantee’. Its later variant greanter or granter gave English grant.=> credence, credible, credit
- grant (n.)
- late 14c., "something granted; authoritative bestowal of a privilege, etc.," from Anglo-French graunt, Old French graant, collateral variant of creant "promise, assurance, vow; agreement, pact; will, wish, pleasure," from creanter "be pleasing; assure, promise, guarantee; confirm, authorize" (see grant (v.)). Earlier in English in now-obsolete sense of "allowance, permission" (c. 1200). Especially "money formally granted by an authority" from c. 1800. In American English, especially of land, from c. 1700.
- grant (v.)
- in early use also graunt, early 13c., "to allow, permit (something); consent to (a prayer, request, etc.)," from Old French graanter, variant of creanter "assure, promise, guarantee, swear; confirm, authorize, approve (of)," from Latin credentem (nominative credens), present participle of credere "to believe, to trust" (see credo). From c. 1300 as "transfer possession of in any formal way." Meaning "admit to be true, acknowledge" in English is from c. 1300; hence to take (something) for granted "regard as not requiring proof" (1610s). The irregular change of -c- to -g- in Old French is perhaps from influence of garantir. Related: Granted; granting.
Example
- 1. A federal grant has been requested .
- 2. Everyblock had been funded by a two-year grant from the knight foundation .
- 3. Political reforms made the grant of economic rights credible .
- 4. It can grant neither heroism nor martyrdom .
- 5. Since 1992 bangladesh has refused to grant the rohingyas refugee status .