Grainger
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People
- Grainger (name)Grainger (name)Grainger is a surname of English origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor...
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Places
- Grainger County, Tennessee, county located in Tennessee, USA.
- Grainger Falls, waterfall in Chalky Inland, Fiordland, NZ.
- Grainger Market, covered market in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
- Grainger StadiumGrainger StadiumGrainger Stadium is a sports venue located in Kinston, North Carolina. The Kinston Indians of the Carolina League, and all the professional Kinston baseball teams since 1949, played their home games there.-History and naming:...
, sports venue in Kinston, North Carolina, USA. - Grainger TownGrainger TownGrainger Town is the historic heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.Based around classical streets built by Richard Grainger, a builder and developer, between 1824 and 1841, some of Newcastle upon Tyne's finest buildings and streets lie within the Grainger Town area of the City centre including...
, historic centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Things
- Grainger challengeGrainger challengeThe Grainger challenge is a scientific competition to find an economical way to remove arsenic from arsenic-contaminated groundwater. This competition is being funded by the United States National Academy of Engineering and the Grainger Foundation and is meant to help provide safe drinking water to...
, scientific competition to find an economical way to remove arsenic from arsenic-contaminated groundwater.
Business
- W. W. GraingerW. W. GraingerW. W. Grainger, Inc. is a Fortune 500 industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Grainger's catalog includes such offerings as motors, lighting, material handling, fasteners, plumbing, tools, and safety supplies. Revenue is generally from business to business sales rather than...
, Fortune 500 industrial supply company also known as Grainger Industrial Supply - Grainger plcGrainger plcGrainger plc is a leading British-based residential property business. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Grainger has approximately £2.1 billion of wholly owned property assets and £2.8 billion of assets under management...
, a BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
residential property company