Grant

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɡɹɑːnt//
United States//ɡɹænt//

An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".

proper noun

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An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A small city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A small city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Grant Township.
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A placename A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372.
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A placename A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia.
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A placename A village in Tolmin, Slovenia.
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Variant of Grant CityA placename Ellipsis of Grant City.
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Variant of Grant CountyA placename Ellipsis of Grant County.
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Variant of Grant ParishA placename Ellipsis of Grant Parish.
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Variant of Grant TownA placename Ellipsis of Grant Town.
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Variant of Grant TownshipA placename Ellipsis of Grant Township.

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

noun

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slangA United States fifty-dollar bill.
He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.
How much money would you have if you had […] 7 Grants? […] 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?
Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).
How much money would you have if you had 2 Grants, 4 Washingtons, and 1 Lincoln?

Forms

plural: Grants

Granite · An island of South Australia.granny · A grandmother.grant · To give (permission or wish).

Grant · An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".

granted · Used to concede a point or to express acknowledgment or…Grants · A city, the county seat of Cibola County, New Mexico, United…grape · A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple,…

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