grant
verb
[ ɡrɑːnt ]
• agree to give or allow (something requested) to.
• "they were granted a meeting"
• agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
• "he hasn't made much progress, I'll grant you that"
Similar:
admit,
accept,
concede,
yield,
cede,
allow,
appreciate,
recognize,
acknowledge,
confess,
agree,
concur,
go along with,
grant
noun
• a sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.
• "a research grant"
Similar:
endowment,
subvention,
award,
donation,
bursary,
contribution,
allowance,
subsidy,
handout,
allocation,
allotment,
gift,
present,
scholarship,
sponsorship,
stipend,
benefaction,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French granter ‘consent to support’, variant of creanter ‘to guarantee’, based on Latin credere ‘entrust’.
