to bestow or confer, with or without compensation, a gift or bestowal by one having control or authority over it, as of land or money, grant of personal property - a method of transferring personal property, distinguished from a gift being always founded on some consideration or equivalent

an amount of money that is given to someone by a government, a company, etc., to be used for a particular purpose (such as scientific research)

to bestow or confer (a possession, right, etc.) by a formal act. Said of a sovereign or supreme authority, a court of justice, a representative assembly, etc. Also, in Law, to transfer (property) from oneself to another person, especially by deed.