Aid Eɪd Extra Million International Noun Humanitarian/Food/Medical Foreign

• humanitarian/food/medical aid
• an extra £10 million in foreign aid has been provided for victims of the earthquake.
• aid agencies (= organizations that provide help)
• international aid workers

aid

1. money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations
• SEE ALSO Christian Aid
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/christian-aid
• humanitarian/food/medical aid
• An extra £10 million in foreign aid has been provided for victims of the earthquake.
• aid agencies (= organizations that provide help)
• international aid workers

Extra Examples

• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.
• The country's president has appealed for international aid in the wake of the disaster.
• Emergency aid arrived too late for many.
• a $14 million aid package
2. help that you need, especially to perform a particular task
• SEE ALSO first aid
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/first-aid
• She walks with the aid of a stick.
• This job would be impossible without the aid of a computer.
• One of the staff saw he was in difficulty and came to his aid (= helped him).

Extra Examples

• She is now able to get around with the aid of a walking stick.
• We enlisted the aid of John and his family.
3. an object, a machine, etc. that you use to help you do something
• SEE ALSO hearing aid
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hearing-aid
• Photos make useful teaching aids.
4. in order to help something/somebody
• collecting money in aid of charity
5. used to ask why something is happening
• What's all this crying in aid of?

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’.