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grantor

[gran-ter, grahn-, gran-tawr, grahn-] / ˈgræn tər, ˈgrɑn-, grænˈtɔr, grɑn- /
NOUN
contributor
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NOUN
lessor
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Antonyms
STRONG
leaser renter
WEAK


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The grantor sets annuity payments to get back amounts that mirror the original contribution, plus interest at the special federal rate, to avoid gift taxes on the contribution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

To swap assets, a trust must be an irrevocable grantor trust.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

The upside is that they are flexible estate-planning tools created during a person’s lifetime and can be altered or terminated by the grantor at any time.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

Spot Ethereum ETFs will directly hold Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, allowing investors to own a share of the cryptocurrency through grantor trusts.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2024

This fact disturbed the upright and conscientious Marbois, who thought that "treaties of territorial cession should contain a guaranty from the grantor."

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine

Some grantors, for instance, will lock in gains by “freezing” them and substituting the appreciated amount with cash or bonds—or even what amounts to an IOU.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

To your point: This rather punitive tax structure encourages grantors — again, that’s you — to distribute income to beneficiaries rather than retain that income, which is then compressed into higher tax brackets.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

Buy-in from the research community could easily be obtained if referees and grantors required declaration of all sampling information.

From Nature ● Aug. 27, 2019

The opening paragraph identifies the parties as parents or legal guardians, who will be the grantors, and the individuals being granted guardianship, who will be grantees.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018

A third index gives the names of grantors and grantees, arranged chronologically, according to the year in which the deed they were parties to was executed.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray


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