Grant

Grant may refer to:

Funding

*Grant writing
*Grant (money), a financial aid
*Grant (research), for scientific research
*Categorical grant
*Block grant
*Federal grant
*Land grant, a gift of land from a government or royalty in exchange for service

Places

Canada

*Grant Land, northern lobe of Ellesmere Island

United Kingdom

*Soy (also known as Grantown), Strathspey, Scotland
*Castle Grant, 1.5 miles North of Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland

United States

*Grant, Alabama
*Grant, Colorado
*Grant, Florida
*Grant, Iowa
*Grant, Michigan
*Grant, Minnesota
*Grant, Nebraska
*Grant, Wisconsin (six towns)
*Grant City, Missouri
*Grant City, Staten Island
*Grant Park, Illinois
*Grant Park (Chicago)
*Grant Town, West Virginia
*Grant Township, Michigan (eleven townships)
*Grant Township, Pennsylvania
*Grants, New Mexico
*U.S. Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River

Australia

*County of Grant

Businesses

*W. T. Grant variety store, a chain of mass-merchandise stores
*William Grant & Sons, a Scotch whisky distilling company

Military History

*USS "Albert W. Grant" (DD-649), a US Navy destroyer
*M3 Lee, an American tank, a modified version was called the "Grant"

Other

*Grant (automobile), a defunct Findlay, Ohio auto manufacturer
*"In Search of the Castaways" (originally titled "The Children of Captain Grant"), a novel by Jules Verne
*United States fifty-dollar bill bearing a portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant
*"Grant", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book "Babel"

People

See Grant (name)
*Cary Grant, American actor
*Avram Grant, Israeli football coach.
*Gogi Grant, American singer
*Hugh Grant, British actor
*Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-chief of the Union Army during the American Civil War and 18th president of the USA

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Synonyms:

Admit, allow, concede, cede, yield, Gift, boon, donation, benefaction, bounty, largess, present, concession / Give (in answer to a request), bestow, confer, vouchsafe, deign, Conveyance, cession / Convey (by deed), transfer, make conveyance of

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grant — 1 vt 1: to permit as a right or privilege grant a new trial the Supreme Court grant ed certiorari 2: to bestow or transfer formally; specif: to transfer the possession or title of by a deed: convey … Law dictionary
Grant — bezeichnet: M3 Lee/Grant, US amerikanischer Kampfpanzer eine finanzielle Unterstützung, die nicht zurückgezahlt werden muss, siehe Grant (Finanzen) im Bairischen eine regionaltypische Form von Ärger, Übellaunigkeit und leichter Reizbarkeit (der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Grant — Grant, NE U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1225 Housing Units (2000): 591 Land area (2000): 0.731520 sq. miles (1.894627 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.731520 sq. miles (1.894627 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Grant — /grant, grahnt/, n. 1. Cary (Archibald Leach), 1904 86, U.S. actor, born in England. 2. Heber Jedediah /hee beuhr jed i duy euh/, 1856 1945, U.S. president of the Mormon Church 1918 45. 3. Ulysses S(impson) 1822 85, 18th president of the U.S.… … Universalium
Grant — (ant.) adj. Grande. * * * grant. adj. desus. grande. * * * Grant, Cary Grant, Ulysses Simpson * * * (as used in expressions) Banting, Sir Frederick Grant … Enciclopedia Universal
grant — vb 1 Grant, concede, vouchsafe, accord, award denote to give as a favor or as a right. One grants, usually to a claimant or a petitioner and often a subordinate, as an act of justice or indulgence, something that is requested or demanded and that … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Grant — Grant, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See {Grant}, v. t.] 1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. [1913 Webster] 2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grant — s. n., pl. gránturi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic GRANT granturi n. Subvenţie acordată (de stat, de o organizaţie etc.) unei persoane, unei instituţii. /<engl. grant Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX … … Dicționar Român
Grant — (gr[.a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Granted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Granting}.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grant — Grant1 [grant] n. a masculine name Grant2 [grant] 1. Cary (born Archibald Leach) 1904 86; U.S. film actor, born in England 2. Ulysses Simpson [simp′sən] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant) 1822 85; 18th president of the U.S. (1869 77): commander in chief… … English World dictionary

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