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Vinony

grant

verb

  1. request, giving, often in answer to a request
L1176 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. non-repayable funds disbursed by one party to a recipient
L6187 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːnt/ / /ɡɹænt/ / /ɡɹɐːnt/

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Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
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noun

Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

  1. A United States fifty-dollar bill.

    “He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.”

    “How much money would you have if you had […] 7 Grants? […] 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?”

verb

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”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.

  1. To give (permission or wish).

    “He was granted permission to attend the meeting.”

    “The genie granted him three wishes”

  2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).

    “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[…]”

  3. To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

    “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.”

    “"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."”

  4. To assent; to consent.

    “Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.”