verb

• (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
  "He was granted permission to attend the meeting."
• (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
  "He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner."
• (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
  "The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian."
• (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
  "Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor."

noun

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

noun

• (US, slang) A 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."