v. 1
To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
v. 2
To give (permission or wish).
The genie granted him three wishes
v. 3
To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
n. 1
The act of granting or giving
the grant of permission for a project

Forms

Plural: grants → concessions, subsidies, gifts, scholarships…
Past participle: granted
e.g. granted → allowed, permitted, conceded, acknowledged…

Choose the right word

or Grant?

A grant is commonly considerable in amount and given by public authority; as, a grant of public lands for a college.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

2 letters: do¹
3 letters: own¹, let¹
4 letters: give¹, gift¹, boon¹, cede¹
5 letters: allow², agree², award², admit², yield¹, purse¹, allot², deign¹
6 letters: supply², afford², permit², comply², accord², bounty², concur², confer², impart², assent², bestow², accede²
7 letters: present², consent², confess², subsidy³, concede², handout², cession
8 letters: transfer², donation³, gratuity⁴
9 letters: allowance³, endowment³, allotment³, apportion³, vouchsafe
10 letters: contribute³, assignment³, distribute³, concession³
11 letters: acknowledge³, scholarship³, benefaction
12 letters: presentation⁴
13 letters: subsidization⁵, subsidisation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allow² = 2 syllables).