Word of the Day: Grant
grant / grant
verb
1. to give approval to or fulfill a request
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773
2. to allow as a right, favor, etc.
One finds little ingratitude so long as one is in a position to grant favors.
French Proverb
3. to formally give or bestow
Covet wealth, and want it; don’t, and luck will grant it.
Chinese Proverb
4. to concede
Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797
noun
1. something bestowed, usually a monetary amount
No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.
Matthew Lesko, 1943-
2. a transfer of land or property
A land grant is an award of land to a recipient with the requirement that a public purpose, as defined by legislation, is served through the grant.
Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.
