Betekenis van grant In het Nederlands

• 0 an amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose:

  • a student/research grant

  • a local authority/government grant

  • [ + to infinitive ] They gave/awarded her a grant to study abroad for one year.

• 1 to give or allow someone something, usually in an official way:

  • [ + two objects ] They granted her an entry visa.

  • He was granted asylum.

  • formal She granted their request/wish.

• 2 to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite opinion:

  • I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she overreacted.

  • I grant you (= it is true that), it's a difficult situation but I feel sure he could have handled it more sensitively.

  • I didn't realize that Melanie hadn't been to college - I suppose I just took it for granted.

  • One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for granted.

• 3 to give, agree to give, or do something that another person has asked for, esp. as an official or formal act:

  • She was granted American citizenship.

• 4 to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite or disapproving opinion:

  • [ + (that) clause ] I grant you (that) it must have been upsetting, but even so I think he made too big a deal of it.

• 5 a sum of money given by the government, a university, or a private organization to another organization or person for a special purpose:

  • a research/study grant

• 6 an amount of money that is given to a person or an organization for a special purpose, especially by a government:

  • a grant from sb/sth The research laboratory was set up with a grant from the Department of Health.

  • a grant for sth The company received a $10,000 grant for software development.

  • award/give sb a grant They were awarded a grant for stem cell research.

  • get/be given/receive a grant

  • be eligible for/qualify for a grant

  • You can apply for a grant to upgrade your IT systems.

  • a research/study grant

  • a government/federal/state grant

  • a grant application

• 7 to legally or officially give or allow something:

  • grant permission to do sth Only the city council can grant permisssion to build on that site.

  • grant sth to sb/grant sb sth The authorities have granted special licenses to companies who are pioneering communications technology.

  • grant sb access/rights The draft agreement will grant the airline several other new rights within Europe.

  • grant sb a loan/mortgage

  • grant a licence/patent

  • grant an injunction/an extension/compensation

  • grant sb citizenship/a visa/asylum