1. [n]  the act of providing a subsidy
2. [n]  a right or privilege that has been granted
3. [n]  a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
4. [n]  18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
5. [n]  United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
6. [n]  Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
7. [n]  (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
8. [n]  any monetary aid
9. [v]  be willing to concede; "I grant you this much..."
10. [v]  allow to have; "grant a privilege"
11. [v]  let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
12. [v]  transfer by deed; "grant land"
13. [v]  give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
14. [v]  give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
15. [v]  bestow, esp. officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"

Grant
This large, one-volume biography of Ulysses S. Grant finds much to praise. It reviews his career after the war and as President, and sees him as one who dealt with difficult challenges such as Reconstruction, the growth of the nation, and foreign policy with confidence. It also deals forthrightly with the criticism of Grant both in his time and by historians. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

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1. \Grant\, 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. pr. of credere to believe. See {Creed},
   {Credit}.]
   1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the
      possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to
      petition.
            Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1
                                                  Chrcn. xxi.
                                                  22.
   2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
      particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
            Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
   3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to
      yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
            Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
                                                  --Dryden.
   Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
        allow; concede. See {Give}.
   

2. \Grant\, v. i.
   To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

3. \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.
   2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
   3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
   4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing;
      especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the
      government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the
      deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
   Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically
         applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments,
         expectant estates, and letters patent from government
         and such is its present application in some of the
         United States. But now, in England the usual mode of
         transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the
         United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances
         of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. Burrill.