All grant synonyms
grant
G g noun grant
- handout — a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar.
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- subsidy — a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- admission — Admission is permission given to a person to enter a place, or permission given to a country to enter an organization. Admission is also the act of entering a place.
- alms — Alms are gifts of money, clothes, or food to poor people.
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- bounty — You can refer to something that is provided in large amounts as bounty.
- dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- gratuity — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- privilege — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
verb grant
- allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- sign over — a token; indication.
- come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
- come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
- give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- own up — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- sign on — a token; indication.