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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91. She's a smart woman, I grant you, but she's no genius.
92. The young men seem to be preferring some request which the elder ones are indisposed to grant.
93. The refusal to grant extra funding to schools in the poorest areas caused a political storm.
94. The new government is to grant a free pardon to all political prisoners.
95. Young Man: Mrs Grant, my Dad's a chartered accountant.
96. Institutions can only apply for one grant per year.
97. Paintings by Bell and Grant attracted renewed interest.
98. Why should he suddenly grant you an audience?
99. The average student is much better off under our arrangements of a combined grant and loan scheme than previously.
100. Grant, who receives some backing from Hogan clubs, relies heavily on support from his wife Linda.
101. Three schemes next to and at Stockton Station will receive grant aid.
102. Any proposals to grant rights to the Tamils have to get the prior approval of Buddhist monks.
103. Of course, the court may still grant a disgorgement order merely where it is satisfied that an investor has been adversely affected.
104. That includes more than £150,000 to projects supervising offenders through the young adult offenders grant scheme.
105. The government argued that this was correct since many projects would have gone ahead irrespective of automatic grant.
106. More fundamentally, in the early 1980s a new system of local-government support was introduced - the block grant.
107. The committee awarded a £300 grant towards starting the project in December 1989.
108. He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum.
109. Mr Adrian Grant opened accounts for both his children when they were born.
110. Not only in agriculture, but in industry generally, grant money should have strings attached.
111. Suddenly Grant felt drained and aware once more of the increasing ache in his injured arm and leg.
112. By summer 1990, 44 schools had successfully applied for grant maintained status.
113. He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.
114. Barry Silk was already with Martin Grant when they came alongside.
115. Arts and Sports Councils established under Acts of Parliament and funded by block grant offer a further instance.
115. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and create good sentences.
116. But this is irrelevant to the question whether it is in relation to the grant of a further advance.
117. Grant and co-star Julianne Moore provide only modest charm as the couple expecting their first baby.
118. Quality Assurer Quality Assurer privilege allows you to grant or deny approval to packages using option 1.5.3.
119. That is the deal it must accept as a condition of a £3 million grant from the Sports Council.
120. The police believe magistrates are under pressure to grant bail, even when officers advise them it could be dangerous.