Award
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. To determine; to make or grant an award.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. Care, keeping. A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry.
Example sentence: My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father's ambition to see me in a steady office job was tried and abandoned. But I had won a national speaking award, had stood for election to the local council, had begun to travel and took a job working for the Labour Party.
Grant
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.The yielding or admission of something in dispute.The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.To assent; to consent.
Example sentence: Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.