grant
subsidization
subsidisation | the act of providing a subsidy |
| block grant | a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs, block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare |
| grant-in-aid | a grant from a central government to a local government |
| patent infringement | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
patent log
screw log
taffrail log | a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed |
| patent medicine | medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription |
| grant | a right or privilege that has been granted |
| patent right | the right granted by a patent, especially the exclusive right to an invention |
| patent ductus arteriosus | a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth, may require surgical correction |
| patent system | a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors |
| patent law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents |
| patent patent of invention | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| patent application | an application for sole rights to an invention |
concession
grant | a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business, he got the beer concession at the ball park |
patent
letters patent | an official document granting a right or privilege |
| direct-grant school | formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities |
Patent and Trademark Office Database
Patent Office | the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones |
Banting
F. G. Banting
Sir Frederick Grant Banting | Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(-) |
Grant
Ulysses Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Hiram Ulysses Grant
President Grant | th President of the United States, commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (-) |
| Grant Cary Grant | United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (-) |
Grant Duncan Grant
Duncan James Corrow Grant | Scottish painter, cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (-) |
Wood
Grant Wood | United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (-) |
| grant assignment | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance |
| land grant | a grant of public land (as to a railway or college) |
| grant | any monetary aid |
| grant-in-aid | a grant to a person or school for some educational project |
| patent leather | leather with a hard glossy surface |
| patent | make open to sight or notice, His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him |
| concede yield grant | be willing to concede, I grant you this much |
| patent | obtain a patent for, Should I patent this invention? |
accord
allot
grant | allow to have, grant a privilege |
allow
grant | let have, grant permission, Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison |
| grant deed over | transfer by deed, grant land |
| award grant | give as judged due or on the basis of merit, the referee awarded a free kick to the team, the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff,Funds are granted to qualified researchers |
concede
yield cede grant | give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another |
| grant give b | bestow, especially officially, grant a degree, give a divorce, This bill grants us new rights |
| patent | grant rights to, grant a patent for |
apparent
evident
manifest
patent
plain
unmistakable | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment, the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields, evident hostility, manifest disapproval, patent advantages, made his meaning plain, it is plain that he is no reactionary, in plain view |
| patent | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open, affording free passage, patent ductus arteriosus |