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What is a "grant"?

Sorry for asking such a question, but my first language is not English and people here talk a lot about grants. What is a grant?
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A grant is a monetary award, usually from sort of governmental agency, that you usually have to apply for. Sizes vary. Small grants of several hundred dollars can be used for traveling to conferences. Grants of several thousand dollars can be used to purchase some inexpensive equipment or a computer. Large grants can be for hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars and can be awarded to individual researchers, groups of researchers or departments/institutions. These are often used to pay staff, hire postdocs, and purchase expensive equipment.