About The Word Assistance
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Assistance
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What's The Definition Of Assistance?
[n] the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"
[n] a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas" Synonyms | Synonyms for Assistance: aid | aid | assist | help | help Related Terms | Find terms related to Assistance: advantage | aid | alimony | allotment | allowance | alterative | analeptic | annuity | appropriation | assist | avail | backing | balm | balsam | benefit | bounty | comfort | corrective | cure | depletion allowance | dole | ease | fellowship | financial assistance | good offices | grant | grant-in-aid | guaranteed annual income | hand | healing agent | healing quality | help | lift | ministration | ministry | office | offices | old-age insurance | pecuniary aid | pension | prescription | price support | profit | protection | public assistance | public welfare | receipt | recipe | reinforcement | relief | remedial measure | remedy | rescue | restorative | retirement benefits | scholarship | service | sovereign remedy | specific | specific remedy | stipend | subsidization | subsidy | subvention | succor | support | supporting | tax benefit | therapy | upholding | use | welfare | welfare aid | welfare payments See Also | accommodation | activity | boost | encouragement | facilitation | financial aid | hand | helping hand | lift | ministration | recourse | refuge | relief | resort | resource | self-help | service | succor | succour | support | thanks Assistance In Webster's Dictionary \As*sist"ance\, n. [Cf. F. assistance.]
1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor;
support.
Without the assistance of a mortal hand. --Shak.
2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. [Obs.]
Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord
mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John
Cavendish. --Fuller.
3. Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]
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