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Grant
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grant
English
Etymology
en surname :bor gd:Grannd<id:surname>
From en gd Grannd, from en xno graunt big, large, from en fro grant, from en la grandis. en grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.
Pronunciation
en /ɡɹɑːnt/ RP
en /ɡɹænt/ GA
en En-us-Grant.oga US
en ɑːnt ænt 1
en grant
Proper noun
~ s
en English nicknames and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".
en male surnames.
A placename
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Marshall County s/Alabama.
en unincorporated community co/Inyo County s/California.
en unincorporated community co/Park County s/Colorado.
en small city co/Montgomery County s/Iowa.
en small city co/Newaygo County s/Michigan.
en city co/Washington County s/Minnesota.
en small city/county seat co/Perkins County s/Nebraska.
en unincorporated community co/Hardin County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Mason County s/Washington.
en town co/Clark County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Dunn County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Monroe County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Portage County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Rusk County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Shawano County s/Wisconsin.
en A large number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Grant Township.
en rural municipality in p/Saskatchewan c/Canada the Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372.
en former rural locality in r:Suf/Barcaldine s/Queensland c/Australia.
en village municipality/Tolmin c/Slovenia.
en Grant City.
en Grant County.
en Grant Parish.
en Grant Town.
en Grant Township.
Derived terms
en Joe Grant Cay Grant City Grant County Grant Parish Grants Pass Grants Beach Grant Town Grantown Grantown-on-Spey Grantism raygrantite Grant Township Grantsville Grantville
Translations
a male given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 格蘭特 Gélántè
Greek: el Γκραντ transliteration from English
Māori: mi Karāti
Polish: pl Grant m-pr
Noun
thumb
en US slang A United States fifty-dollar bill.
en Ulysses Grant Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Grant
en w:Earl Conrad Billy Rose, Manhattan Primitive Cleveland, Oh. w:The World Publishing Company 1968 181 https://archive.org/details/billyrosemanhatt00conr/page/181/mode/1up 67-26957 He could open that footlocker once in awhile and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.
en David W. Lowry; Earl G. Ockenga; Walter E. Rucker Heath General Mathematics Lexington, Mass. w:D. C. Heath and Company 1985 55 9780669064063 How much money would you have if you had 7 Grants? 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?
en Stewart Wolpin The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle® New York, N.Y. New Chapter Press 1990 339 0-942257-19-7 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).
en Mary Ann Haubner; Edward Rathmell The Mathematics Experience Boston, Mass. w:Houghton Mifflin Company 1992 1994 95 9780395494080 How much money would you have if you had 2 Grants, 4 Washingtons, and 1 Lincoln?
en Alice Kaseberg Introductory Algebra: A Just-in-Time Approach Pacific Grove, Calif. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company 1996 237 https://archive.org/details/introductoryalge00kase/page/237/mode/1up 0-534-94392-6 Write an equation for each relevant clue. Solve by substitution. h. 10 Grants make a McKinley (Mc). i. 2 Grants make a Franklin.
en w:Noah Hawley A Conspiracy of Tall Men New York, N.Y. w:Harmony Books 1998 3 https://archive.org/details/conspiracyoftall00hawl_0/page/3/mode/1up 0-609-60280-2 Linus is afraid of money. Not the smaller bills, the Washingtons and Lincolns, the Jacksons and Grants, but the larger sums, the cashier’s checks with multiple zeros, the stock portfolios and escrow accounts, afraid too of what they buy, the new cars with their leather stink, the first-class seats on airplanes, the cellular phones and fax modems.
en Jennifer Edwards Money Westminster, Calif. Teacher Created Materials, Inc. 2001 62 1-55734-237-7 9 Jacksons = / 3 Grants = / 2 Washingtons =
en 2004 Peter Plate 24 Fogtown: A Novel New York, N.Y. w:Seven Stories Press 158 and 160 1-58322-639-7 THE WIND SHIFTED COURSE a few degrees and the downpouring of Jacksons and Grants and Franklins blew due east, pelting the storefronts on Market Street. The money got entangled in the telephone lines, plastered the windshields of parked cars, and fell into uncovered trash bins. The black dealer was sitting in a nest of money and was stuffing Grants in his jacket’s pockets.
en Kehinde Garrison American Delinquents Anderson, S.C. Stone Soup Press™ 2010 79 978-0-557-43251-6 Joseph had missed the feeling of carrying a phat bankroll, one not padded with Washingtons and topped with Grants.
en Antonio C. Nelson Woman Pleaser New York, N.Y. Page Publishing, Inc 2018 978-1-64082-944-2 I would go over to his house wide eyed, ears open, and seeking any form of obtaining money to strengthen up my outfits. I would help him count money that would spread across the entire living room. This temptation of stealing some of those Franklins, Grants, Jacksons, Hamiltons, Lincolns, Jeffersons, and Washingtons was too strong for me to resist at twelve years old.
References
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Further reading
United States fifty-dollar bill
Anagrams
en agnrt Trang
en eponyms
German
Pronunciation
de ant 1
Noun
m.sg
de Austria Bavaria disgruntlement, resentment, grudge
Declension
m.sg
Derived terms
de granteln
Related terms
de Grantelhuber
de grantig
de Grantigkeit
de Grantler
Further reading
de Emotions