grantee

noun

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

Examples of grantee in a Sentence

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The grantee’s project was given less than an hour to submit outstanding expenses before the shutdown. Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025 The individual grantees might have to sue about that. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025 In at least one case, an official told me, a program officer learned that their grantee’s award had been terminated from the grantee. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025 Some American grantees have turned to lawyers for advice about how to phrase the responses. Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grantee

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 28 Mar. 2025.

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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