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grantee

grantee noun: the person to whom something is granted.

Noun

grantee (plural grantees)

  1. The person to whom something is granted.
    • HHS regulations stipulate that there are only limited circumstances in which a grant can be canceled: for cause, such as when the grant fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the award, or with the consent of the grantee.2025 April 2, Jen Christensen, “Scholars, groups sue Trump administration over canceled NIH research funding”, in CNN
    • The cancellations, which claimed that the more than 350 already-distributed grants “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities,” sent shockwaves through grantee organizations. […] When news of the cuts first surfaced Tuesday, dozens of grantees gathered on a videoconference to...2025 April 24, Hannah Rabinowitz and Danny Freeman, “Justice Department axes hundreds of grants that help crime victims and fight opioid abuse”, in CNN

grantee meaning in Tamil and Kannada

grantee in Tamil

கொடையடைந்தார், கொடையளிக்கப்பட்டவர், வழங்கப்பட்டவர், அளிக்கப்பட்டவர்

grantee in Kannada

ದತ್ತಿ ಪಡೆಯುವವನು, ಅನುದಾನಿತ

Forms of grantee

pluralgrantees

Origin of grantee

From Middle English grauntees pl, from Old French granté, participle of granter, equivalent to grant + -ee.

Questions about grantee

What does grantee mean?
Grantee means the person to whom something is granted.
What is grantee in Tamil?
Grantee in Tamil is கொடையடைந்தார், கொடையளிக்கப்பட்டவர், வழங்கப்பட்டவர். See Grantee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grantee?
Grantee is a noun.
What is the plural of grantee?
The plural of grantee is grantees.

Words near grantee in the dictionary

  1. grantbacks
  2. Grantchester
  3. granted
  4. grantedly
  5. grantedst
  6. grantee
  7. grantees
  8. granter
  9. granters
  10. grantest
  11. granteth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: grantee (page history and authors); grantee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grantee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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