Noun: assistance u'sis-tun(t)s
- The activity of contributing to the fulfilment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
"could not walk without assistance";
- aid, assist, help
- A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
"his job was to give technical assistance over the phone";
- aid, help
- Gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
"economic assistance to depressed areas"; "The scholarship provided much-needed financial assistance for her college education";
- aid, economic aid, financial aid, financial assistance, economic assistance
Sounds like: assistants
Derived forms: assistances
Type of: activity, gift, resource
Encyclopedia: Assistance, Consulting and Administration