grant-2.html - See: TAKE FOR GRANTED.

grant-2.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 a consent to fulfil (a request, wish, etc.) (granted all he asked). b allow (a person) to have (a thing) (granted me my freedom). c (as granted) colloq. apology accepted; pardon given.
2 give (rights, property, etc.) formally; transfer legally.
3 (often foll. by that + clause) admit as true; concede, esp. as a basis for argument.

--n.

1 the process of granting or a thing granted.
2 a sum of money given by the State for any of various purposes, esp. to finance education.
3 Law a a legal conveyance by written instrument. b formal conferment.

grant-in-aid (pl. grants-in-aid) a grant by central government to local government or an institution. take for granted 1 assume something to be true or valid.
2 cease to appreciate through familiarity.

grantable adj. grantee n. (esp. in sense 2 of v.). granter n. grantor n. (esp. in sense 2 of v.). [ME f. OF gr(e)anter var. of creanter ult. f. part. of L credere entrust]

grant-2.html - n.
(also Grunth) the sacred scriptures of the Sikhs. [Hindi, = book, code f. Skr. grantha tying, literary composition]

grant-2.html - {n.} A home run hit when there are three men on the bases. * /Tony's grand slam won the game for the Yankees, 4-0./

grant-2.html - {v.}, {slang}, {informal} To show off, to perform histrionics needlessly. * /Stop grandstanding and get down to honest work!/

grant-2.html - {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A showoff, a person who likes to engage in histrionics. * /Many people think that Evel Knievel is a grandstander./