Synonym: admit, allot, allow, award, bestow, consent, deal out, donate, give, give out, let, permit, present. Antonym: blame, censure, reprove. Similar words: immigrant, grand, a grand, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandchild, blackcurrant. Meaning: [grænt /grɑːnt] n. 1. any monetary aid 2. the act of providing a subsidy 3. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance 4. Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) 5. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) 6. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) 7. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business 8. a right or privilege that has been granted. v. 1. let have 2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit 3. be willing to concede 4. allow to have 5. bestow, especially officially 6. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another 7. transfer by deed.
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61. The amount of grant the council received from the Government was progressively reduced.
62. Grant won/achieved/gained a comfortable/easy victory against/over Cooper in yesterday's match.
63. He's got talent, I grant you , but he doesn't work hard enough.
64. As a struggling young composer she applied to the Scottish Arts Council for a grant.
65. That grant was pretty small beer: we shall need a lot more money.
66. I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she made a bit of a fuss.
67. Under the new regulation we can grant full registration to foreign lawyers.
68. They receive a grant of £1094 to cover the cost of miscellaneous expenses.
69. You may be eligible for a discretionary grant for your university course.
70. A supplementary grant may be awarded at the discretion of the committee.
71. We got a government grant for setting up our business, but they clawed it all back again in taxes.
72. If you grant my request[sentencedict.com], you will earn my thanks.
73. By refusing to give us a grant to make this programme, they are denying us a platform.
74. We have received information that Grant may have left the country.
75. The government has rescued the firm from bankruptcy by giving them a grant.
76. She won a grant to study political science with special reference to China.
77. We've applied to a charitable organization for a grant for the project.
78. If we can get that grant from the local authority, we'll be well away.
79. I grant you it looks good, but it's not exactly practical.
80. The authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport.
81. Researchers were given a £10,000 grant to continue their work.
82. You can get a grant to repair/towards the repair of your house.
83. The government has awarded a 3.5 million pound grant for the restoration of the opera house.
84. I grant you she's a clever woman, but I wouldn't want to work for her.
85. The government gave us a grant to build another classroom.
85. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
86. The reduction in their grant is an acknowledgement that they have been paid too much.
87. They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty.
88. Students should apply to their local council for a grant.
89. The cost of the project will be defrayed by a government grant.
90. The Police Committee requested a grant from the Government to cover the extra expense.