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Grant vs. Allow — What's the Difference?

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Grant

The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

Allow

To offer a possibility; admit
The poem allows of several interpretations.

Grant

To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested)
Grant permission to speak frankly.
Grant a request.

Allow

To let do or happen; permit
We allow smoking only in restricted areas.

Grant

To give or confer officially or formally
Grant voting rights to citizens.
Grant diplomatic immunity.
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Allow

To permit the presence of
No pets are allowed inside.

Grant

To transfer (property) by a deed.

Allow

To permit to have
Allow oneself a little treat.

Grant

To concede; acknowledge
I grant that your plan is ingenious, but you still will not find many backers.

Allow

To make provision for; assign
The schedule allows time for a coffee break.

Grant

The act of granting.

Allow

To plan for in case of need
Allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.

Grant

Something granted, especially a giving of funds for a specific purpose
Federal grants for medical research.

Allow

To grant as a discount or in exchange
Allowed me 20 dollars on my old typewriter.

Grant

The document or provision in a document by which a grant is made.

Allow

To admit; concede
I allowed he was right.

Grant

One of several tracts of land in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont originally granted to an individual or a group.

Allow

To think; suppose
"We allow he's straight" (American Speech).

Grant

(ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
The genie granted him three wishes

Allow

To assert; declare
Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.

Grant

(ditransitive) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.en

Allow

To take a possibility into account; make allowance
In calculating profit, retailers must allow for breakage and spoilage.

Grant

(transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

Allow

(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
To allow a servant his liberty;
To allow a free passage;
To allow one day for rest

Grant

(intransitive) To assent; to consent.

Allow

(transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
To allow a right;
To allow a claim;
To allow an appeal
To allow the truth of a proposition

Grant

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

Allow

(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
To allow a sum for leakage.

Grant

The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.

Allow

(transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
To allow a son to be absent.
Smoking allowed only in designated areas.

Grant

(law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
A grant of land or of money

Allow

To not bar or obstruct.
Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.

Grant

The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.

Allow

(transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.

Grant

(informal) An application for a grant monetary boon to aid research or the like.

Allow

(transitive) To render physically possible.

Grant

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; - usually in answer to petition.
Grant me the place of this threshing floor.

Allow

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

Grant

To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
Wherefore did God grant me my request.

Allow

(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.

Grant

To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.

Allow

To like; to be suited or pleased with.

Grant

To assent; to consent.

Allow

To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
To allow an objection, to find in favour of the objection and forbid the conduct objected to; to allow an appeal, to decide the appeal in favour of the appellant (contrast grant leave to appeal, to permit an appeal to be heard).

Grant

The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

Allow

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Ye allow the deeds of your fathers.
We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning.

Grant

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

Allow

To like; to be suited or pleased with.
How allow you the model of these clothes?

Grant

The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

Allow

To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power.

Grant

A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

Allow

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year.

Grant

Any monetary aid

Allow

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible.

Grant

The act of providing a subsidy

Allow

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

Grant

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Allow

To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

Grant

Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

Allow

To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Allowing still for the different ways of making it.

Grant

United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

Allow

Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;
This permits the water to rush in
This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement
This will permit the rain to run off

Grant

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

Allow

Consent to, give permission;
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
I won't let the police search her basement
I cannot allow you to see your exam

Grant

A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business;
He got the beer concession at the ball park

Allow

Let have;
Grant permission
Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison

Grant

A right or privilege that has been granted

Allow

Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;
I will earmark this money for your research

Grant

Let have;
Grant permission
Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison

Allow

Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
This leaves no room for improvement
The evidence allows only one conclusion
Allow for mistakes
Leave lots of time for the trip
This procedure provides for lots of leeway

Grant

Give on the basis of merit;
Funds are granted to qualified researchers

Allow

Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something;
I allow for this possibility
The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash

Grant

Be willing to concede;
I grant you this much

Allow

Afford possibility;
This problem admits of no solution
This short story allows of several different interpretations

Grant

Allow to have;
Grant a privilege

Allow

Allow the other (baseball) team to score;
Give up a run

Grant

Bestow, especially officially;
Grant a degree
Give a divorce
This bill grants us new rights

Allow

Grant as a discount or in exchange;
The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera

Grant

Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Allow

Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
We don't allow dogs here
Children are not permitted beyond this point
We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital

Grant

Transfer by deed;
Grant land

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