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grant

[grant, grahnt] / grænt, grɑnt /
NOUN
allowance, gift
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allocation allotment appropriation assistance award charity concession contribution donation endowment fellowship handout reward scholarship stipend subsidy
STRONG
admission alms benefaction bequest boon bounty dole gratuity lump present privilege
Antonyms
STRONGEST
refusal
STRONG
disadvantage
WEAK
forfeit loss
VERB
authorize, allow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accept accord allocate allot assign award bestow cede donate give invest permit transfer
STRONG
accede acknowledge acquiesce admit assume avow bless concede confer convey drop impart own present profess relinquish stake suppose surrender transmit vouchsafe yield
WEAK
agree to come across come around come through consent to gift with give a thumbs-up give in give out give the nod go along with own up shake on sign off on sign on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
deny disagree disallow fight hold keep refuse reject take withhold
STRONG
conceal condemn contradict disapprove disavow dispute dissent hide protest refrain renounce repudiate veto

Example Sentences

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For the moment, a Louisiana district court was willing to grant the latter request.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

In between, in 2024, Century won a $500 million Energy Department grant made under Biden-era infrastructure-funding programs to build a state-of-the-art smelter in the Ohio or Mississippi river basins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“What will not qualify is clothing or household items. The deduction is not available for gifts to donor-advised funds, private grant foundations and supporting organizations.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Last summer Pink Hats was among 14 small businesses to receive a city government grant.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

He remembered what Father Cham had told him the day before he died: There was a time, before I learned my lesson, when I did grant the types of blessings you are talking about.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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