Grant definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GR`ANT, v.t. 1 ... take that for granted which is supposed to be true. Grant that the fates have firmed, by their decree-- 2. To ... or writing. The legislature have granted all the new land. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chronicles 21 ... by word only, as land, rents, reversions, tithes, etc. A grant is an executed contract. 3. Concession; admission of something as ... monetary aid 2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant, subsidization, subsidisation] 3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: grant, assignment] 4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and ...
President Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: 18th President ... Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
Ulysses Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: 18th President ... Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
Hiram Ulysses Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: 18th President ... Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
Ulysses S. Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: 18th President ... Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
Ulysses Simpson Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: 18th President ... Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
grant-in-aid definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a grant from a central government to a local government 2: a grant to a person or school for some educational project Merriam ... s noun (plural grants-in-aid) Date: 1851 1. a grant or subsidy for public funds paid by a central to ... local government in aid of a public undertaking 2. a grant or subsidy to a school or individual for an educational ...
Duncan James Corrow Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Scottish painter ... Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant]
Duncan Grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Scottish painter ... Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant]
block grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support ... welfare" Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1900 an unrestricted federal grant
land grant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a grant of public land (as to a railway or college) Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1862 a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads ...
Grant, Ulysses S. definitions Britannica Concise U.S. general and 18th ... While W. T. Sherman made his famous march across Georgia, Grant attacked R. E. Lee's forces in Virginia, bringing the war to an end in 1865. Grant's administrative ability and innovative strategies were largely responsible for ...
Sir Frederick Grant Banting definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Canadian ... diabetes(1891-1941) [syn: Banting, F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting]