grantee

noun

grant·​ee gran-ˈtē How to pronounce grantee (audio)
: one to whom a grant is made

Examples of grantee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Taken together, four of those 14 grantees with the highest rates notified about one person for every two kits sent for testing. Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024 More:Sense of unease surrounds slow spending of pandemic aid on violence prevention in Milwaukee Other grantees almost done disbursing funds Business owners who received grants from the African American Chamber of Commerce shared a mixture of feelings about the process. Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024 That share could grow further as the United States is set to implement a policy in 2025 requiring federal grantees to deposit journal articles produced with government funding in public repositories upon publication. Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Aug. 2024 Yaqub’s group used machine learning to map the grantees’ publications onto these 293 different categories. Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grantee 

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grantee was in the 15th century

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“Grantee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grantee. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

grantee

noun
grant·​ee grant-ˈē How to pronounce grantee (audio)
: one to whom a grant is made

Legal Definition

grantee

noun
grant·​ee gran-ˈtē How to pronounce grantee (audio)
: one to whom a grant is made
specifically : one to whom a grant by deed is made

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