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emergency
Noun
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An emergency is a serious situation that needs to be dealt with very quickly.
She called 911 to report the emergency to police.
With the new fighting, the president has declared a state of emergency.
He was rushed to the emergency room where doctors operated to save his life.
Some airlines failed to show pilots how to operate emergency exits.
In an emergency, please close your doors and windows and stay calm.
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Emergency is the department in a hospital that takes people with immediate medial needs.
cash
Noun
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Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.
The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.
Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.
cash
Verb
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To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.
I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.
Grant
Proper noun
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Grant is a male given name.
grant
Verb
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If you grant something to something, you give it to them, usually formally.
The school has granted us permission to use a classroom in the evenings.
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If you grant something, you accept that it is true.
Yes, I'll grant you that the data is old, but I still think it's useful.
grant
Noun
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A grant is something, usually money, that is given to someone, usually by a government or institution.
The professor received a research grant to study weather changes.
I got a $2,000 government grant to help me go to school.