Definitions for aid
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. aid, assistance, helpnoun

   a resource

   "visual aids in teaching"

2. aid, assist, assistance, helpnoun

   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"

3. aid, economic aid, financial aidnoun

   money to support a worthy person or cause

4. care, attention, aid, tendingverb

   the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

   "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

5. help, assist, aidverb

   give help or assistance; be of service

   "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"

6. help, aidverb

   improve the condition of

   "These pills will help the patient"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aidnoun

   Etymology: from To aid.

   1. Help; support.

   The memory of useful things may receive considerable aid, if they are thrown into verse. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   Your patrimonial stores in peace possess;
   Undoubted all your filial claim confess:
   Your private right should impious power invade,
   The peers of Ithaca would arm in aid. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. i.

   2. The person that gives help or support; a helper.

   Thou hast said, it is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid, like unto himself. Tobit, viii. 6.

   3. In law.

   A subsidy. Aid is also particularly used in matter of pleading, for a petition made in court, for the calling in of help from another, that hath an interest in the cause in question; and is likewise both to give strength to the party that prays in aid of him, and also to avoid a prejudice accruing toward his own right, except it be prevented: as, when a tenant for term of life, courtesy, &c. being impleaded touching his estate, he may pray in aid of him in the reversion; that is, entreat the court, that he may be called in by writ, to allege what he thinks good for the maintenance both of his right and his own. John Cowell.

2. To AIDverb

   To help; to support; to succour.

   Etymology: aider, Fr. from adjutare, Lat.

   Into the lake he leapt, his lord to aid,
   (So love the dread of danger doth despise)
   And of him catching hold, him strongly staid
   From drowning. Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. 6.

   Neither shall they give any thing unto them that make war upon them, or aid them with victuals, weapons, money, or ships. Maccabees, viii. 26.

   By the loud trumpet, which our courage aids,
   We learn that sound as well as sense persuades. Wentworth Dillon.

WikipediaRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Aid

   In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Aid may serve one or more functions: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access. Countries may provide aid for further diplomatic reasons. Humanitarian and altruistic purposes are often reasons for foreign assistance.Aid may be given by individuals, private organizations, or governments. Standards delimiting exactly the types of transfers considered "aid" vary from country to country. For example, the United States government discontinued the reporting of military aid as part of its foreign aid figures in 1958. The most widely used measure of aid is "Official Development Assistance" (ODA).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aid

   Aid generally refers to help or assistance provided to those in need. It can be given in various forms such as financial support, resources, services, materials, or advice. Aid can be delivered at both individual and institutional levels, often used for disaster relief, economic stabilization, or development efforts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aidverb

   to support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist

2. Aidverb

   help; succor; assistance; relief

3. Aidverb

   the person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant

4. Aidverb

   a subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan

5. Aidverb

   a pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions

6. Aidverb

   an aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid

7. Etymology: [F. aide, OF. ade, ae, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aid

   In international relations, aid is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Humanitarianism and altruism are at least partly an objective for the giving of aid. It may have other functions as well: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access. Aid may be given by individuals, private organizations, or governments. Standards delimiting exactly the kinds of transfers that count as aid vary. For example, aid figures may or may not include transfers for military use: the United States, for example, included military assistance in its aid figure until 1957 but no longer does. The most widely measure of aid is "Official Development Assistance".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aid

   ād, v.t. to help, assist.—n. help: assistance, as in defending an action: an auxiliary: subsidy or money grant to the king.—n. Aid′ance, aid, help, support.—adj. Aid′ant, (arch.) aiding, helping.—n. Aid′er, one who brings aid: a helper.—adjs. Aid′ful; Aid′less.—Court of Aids, the court that supervised the customs duties. [O. Fr. aider—L. adjutāre—ad, and juvāre, jutum, to help.]

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1. AID

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AID

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Aid is ranked #136449 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Aid surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Aid.
   
   88.6% or 109 total occurrences were White.
   4.8% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
   4% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Improve
   • Support

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aid' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1302

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aid' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2085

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aid' in Nouns Frequency: #505

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'aid' in Verbs Frequency: #841

Anagrams for aid »

1. Adi

2. Dai

3. DIA

4. IAD

5. Ida

6. I'da

How to pronounce aid?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say aid in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aid in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of aid in a Sentence

1. Thierry Zomahoun:

   There are still a lot of scientists across Africa, but they have been made invisible by a lack of development and investment, we want to make them and their work visible - to attract young people to stay, and encourage those who have left to come back to aid Africa's development.

2. Said Thompson:

   I received a frantic message from one of [her] caretakers at the orphanage saying that there were bombs going off and they were fearful for their lives, it was beyond scary and you feel helpless. Trying to aid children from a continent away is challenging.

3. Ambassador Danon:

   Peter Anthony Gallo, an international lawyer and former investigator for the UNs own watchdog, the OIOS, told Fox News that Peter Anthony Gallo was not surprised by the allegations. [ They ] do not surprise me in the slightest ; there is nothing unusual in them and they could just as easily have come from any one of a number of Organizations in the UN system because they reflect the management culture of disregard for the staff, disregard for the rules and a general air of entitlement and impunity, he said. Gallo who himself was a whistleblower at the U.N. and now director of, Hear their Cries, a group that reports on sexual abuse and exploitation around the world and at the UN. The problem is that U.N. agencies control their own investigative functions and deal with disciplinary matters internally. The result is that instead of being a means of addressing misconduct and wrongdoing, the internal justice system is more of a tool for intimidating any staff members who dare to report misconduct by senior staff, such as by Krahenbuhl and his cronies. Following reports that both Switzerland and the Netherlands suspended their funding to UNRWA, Israels United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon called upon all of the international to suspend funding. The report reveals alarming, but not surprising, findings. In addition to propagating false information about its refugee population, UNRWA has in recent years worked to redirect world funds to continue this corruption industry that has served its leadership. The international community, which generously finances UNRWA, must immediately suspend the budgets assigned to the agency. Ambassador Danon said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The aid money should be gradually transferred to the UNHCR( UN High Commissioner for Refugees), instead of helping the UNRWA leadership continue engaging in a series of ethical offenses.

4. Polk County:

   I can’t express my gratitude enough to the two witnesses who jumped in to aid my deputy during a violent fight with a very violent man. Had they not gotten involved, this could have been much worse than it already is. I’d also like to extend our condolences to the family of the victim.

5. Genady Sysoev:

   Serbia cannot entirely turn to NATO, it will maintain the maximum level of cooperation with it, without changing its (membership) status, serbia cannot turn to Russia because ... no Serbian leadership would risk losing Western investment and aid.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=aid
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=aid
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aid
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aid
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=aid
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html