College Definition–noun | 1. | an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university. |
| 2. | a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree. |
| 3. | an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university. |
| 4. | an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. |
| 5. | a similar corporation outside a university. |
| 6. | the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education. |
| 7. | the administrators, faculty, and students of a college. |
| 8. | (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school. |
| 9. | an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: The electoral college formally selects the president. |
| 10. | a company; assemblage. |
| 11. | Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity. |
| 12. | British Slang. a prison. |
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Grant Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to bestow or confer, esp. by a formal act: to grant a charter. |
| 2. | to give or accord: to grant permission. |
| 3. | to agree or accede to: to grant a request. |
| 4. | to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point. |
| 5. | to transfer or convey, esp. by deed or writing: to grant property. |
–noun | 6. | something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project. |
| 8. | Law. a transfer of property. |
| 9. | a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people. |
—Idiom| 10. | take for granted, | a. | to accept without question or objection; assume: Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted. |
| b. | to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted. |
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Sun Herald - Found 3 hours ago
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -A scar sits on the back of Charles Grant's neck, reminding the New Orleans Saints defensive end that catastrophe can hit at ...
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49 ABC News - Found Jun. 18, 2008
That's why the Department of Commerce gave Garden City Community College a $141,000 grant to expand its welding program.
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Houston Chronicle - Found Jun. 18, 2008
... offers classesThe Risk Management Institute at the college provides free safety-training classes to the public through a grant from Texas...
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Miami Herald - Found Jun. 18, 2008
... for the Literary Arts, a Miami Dade College-based program to promote literacy, has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to help...
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Southwest Florida Herald Tribune - Found Jun. 13, 2008
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EDUCATION Notes
Washington Post - Found Jun. 12, 2008
... to apply for the District's four college financial aid grants: DCTAG, DCLEAP, DCAS and DCASP. The DC Tuition Assistance Grant provides students...
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College coaches in favor of early signing period for recruits
Austin American Statesman - Found Jun. 21, 2008
COLLEGE FOOTBALL By Doug Harris Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said a recent poll of his group showed
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San Jacinto College North campus, at its June 2 meeting. Harris begins July 14, replacing Charles Grant, who has been with San Jacinto College...
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MSU Billings gets grant
Billings Gazette - Found Jun. 22, 2008
University Billings received $141,504 in Acce$$ Grant funds from nonprofit Student Assistance Foundation. Since 2000, the college has received...
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Saints' Grant says he has 'no hate in my heart'
WALB 10 - Found Jun. 21, 2008
PM ET COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - A scar on the back of Charles Grant's neck reminds the New Orleans Saints' defensive end that catastrophe can hit...
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