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A	noun
	1	grant, subsidization, subsidisation
			the act of providing a subsidy
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚distribution ╚allotment; apportionment; apportioning; allocation; parceling; parcelling; assignation ╚grant, subsidization, subsidisation ╚grant-in-aid ╚block grant ╚award; awarding
	2	grant
			a right or privilege that has been granted
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚abstraction; abstract ╚right ╚grant
	3	concession, grant
			a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement; understanding ╚written agreement ╚contract ╚concession, grant ╚franchise
	4	Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant
			18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚worker ╚skilled worker; trained worker ╚serviceman; military man; man; military personnel ╚military officer; officer ╚commissioned officer ╚commissioned military officer ╚general officer ╚general; full general ╚Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant
	5	Grant, Cary Grant
			United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚entertainer ╚performer; performing artist ╚actor; histrion; player; thespian; role player ╚Grant, Cary Grant
	6	Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant
			Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚creator ╚artist; creative person ╚painter ╚Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant
	7	grant, assignment
			(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
		Category Tree: possession ╚transferred property; transferred possession ╚grant, assignment ╚land grant ╚appanage; apanage
	8	grant
			any monetary aid
		Category Tree: possession ╚transferred property; transferred possession ╚acquisition ╚gift ╚aid; economic aid ╚grant ╚grant-in-aid ╚subsidy
B	verb
	1	concede, yield, grant
			be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
		Category Tree: agree; hold; concur; concord ╚concede, yield, grant ╚forgive
	2	accord, allot, grant
			allow to have; "grant a privilege"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚accord, allot, grant ╚enfranchise ╚give
	3	allow, grant
			let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚allow, grant ╚allowance ╚vouchsafe
	4	grant, deed over
			transfer by deed; "grant land"
		Category Tree: give; gift; present ╚grant, deed over
	5	award, grant
			give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚distribute; administer; mete out; deal; parcel out; lot; dispense; shell out; deal out; dish out; allot; dole out ╚assign; allot; portion ╚allocate; apportion ╚award, grant ╚pension; pension off
	6	concede, yield, cede, grant
			give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚concede, yield, cede, grant
	7	grant, give
			bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"

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