assistance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

   The volunteers offered assistance to the flood victims.

2. 2
   noun

   the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

3. 3
   noun

   a resource

Etymology

From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“to stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance.