Definition of Assistance

1. Noun. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. "Offered his help in unloading"


2. Noun. A resource. "Visual aids in teaching"
Exact synonyms: Aid, Help
Generic synonyms: Resource
Derivative terms: Aid, Help, Help, Help, Help, Help

Definition of Assistance

1. n. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

Definition of Assistance

1. Noun. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Assistance

1. [n -S]

Literary usage of Assistance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Economic Surveys 2006: Luxembourg by Oecd (2006)
"Net replacement rates for the unemployed in Luxembourg •with and without social assistance With social assistance 1. APW is average production worker wage. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Assistance to State and local board's.—Since the Federal Board is charged with ... Assistance in teacher training.-—In each State institutions have already ..."

3. Labour Market Policies in Slovenia by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1997)
"The pertinent regulations, in a 1992 Law on Social Assistance, have essentially ... 1n 1995, on average 26 500 persons received social assistance benefits, ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"He at once directed Sir John Coke to set forth the enterprises to which the government was now committed—a naval expedition against Spain, assistance to ..."

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