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Grant vs. Award — What's the Difference?

Grant vs. Award — What's the Difference?

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Grant

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

Award

An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.

Grant

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

Award

To grant as merited or due
Awarded prizes to the winners.

Grant

To transfer (property) by a deed.
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Award

To grant an amount or other benefit legally due
Awarded damages to the plaintiff.

Grant

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

Award

Something awarded or granted, as for merit.

Grant

The act of granting.

Award

An amount or other benefit granted as legally due.

Grant

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

Award

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

Grant

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

Award

(legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

Grant

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

Award

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

Grant

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

Award

A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

Grant

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

Award

(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.

Grant

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

Award

(transitive) To give (an award).
Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.

Grant

(intransitive) To assent; to consent.

Award

(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Grant

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

Award

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
The arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant

Grant

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

Award

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
To reviewThe wrongful sentence, and award a new.

Grant

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

Award

To determine; to make an award.

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

Award

A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
An award had been given against.

Grant

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

Award

The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

Grant

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

Award

A grant made by a law court;
He criticized the awarding of compensation by the court

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.

Award

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;
An award for bravery

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.

Award

Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery;
The prize was a free trip to Europe

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.

Award

Give, especially as a reward;
Bestow honors and prizes at graduation

Grant

To assent; to consent.

Award

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

Grant

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

Award

Bestow an honor upon

Grant

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

Grant

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

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.

Grant

Any monetary aid

Grant

The act of providing a subsidy

Grant

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Grant

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

Grant

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

Grant

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

Grant

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

Grant

A right or privilege that has been granted

Grant

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

Grant

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

Grant

Be willing to concede;
I grant you this much

Grant

Allow to have;
Grant a privilege

Grant

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

Grant

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

Grant

Transfer by deed;
Grant land

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