<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.</li><li>to give or accord: to grant permission.</li><li>to agree or accede to: to grant a request.</li><li>to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point.</li><li>to transfer or convey, especially by deed or writing: to grant property.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project.</li><li>the act of granting.</li><li>Law: a transfer of property.</li><li>a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.</li></ul>