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1permission */*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈmɪʃ(ə)n] / US [pərˈmɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] Ways of asking and giving permission: Can I...? → the most usual and general way of asking permission May I...? → a more formal and polite way of asking permission Would it be all right… …
2Grant, Ulysses S. — orig. Hiram Ulysses Grant born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S. died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, N.Y. U.S. general and 18th president of the U.S. (1869–77). He served in the Mexican War (1846–48) under Zachary Taylor. After two years …
3GRANT, James (1772-1833) — navigator was born in 1772. At the end of 1799 he was given command of the Lady Nelson, a new vessel of 60 tons fitted with a centre board keel. His instructions were to proceed to Australia to prosecute the discovery and survey of the unknown… …
4grant — 1 vt 1: to permit as a right or privilege grant a new trial the Supreme Court grant ed certiorari 2: to bestow or transfer formally; specif: to transfer the possession or title of by a deed: convey …
5permission — per‧mis‧sion [pəˈmɪʆn ǁ pər ] noun [countable, uncountable] when someone is officially told that they are allowed to do something: permission to do something • The Board denied the company permission to build the pipeline. • The officer approved …
6permission — permission, leave, sufferance denote the sanction which enables one to do something that requires the consent of those in authority. Permission is the ordinary term except in some conventional phrases; it commonly implies the power or authority… …
7Grant — Grant, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See {Grant}, v. t.] 1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. [1913 Webster] 2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.… …
8grant permission — index allow (authorize), authorize, bestow, permit, suffer (permit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …
9grant — [grant, gränt] vt. [ME granten < OFr graanter, craanter, to promise, assure < VL * credentare, to promise, yield < L credens, prp. of credere, to believe: see CREED] 1. to give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree… …
10grant authority to — I verb accredit, allow, appoint, assign, authorize, commission, confer a right, consent, delegate, depute, deputize, empower, endow, enfranchise, entrust, give a mandate to, give permission, give power, invest, invest with power, license,… …