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Aid Provide Means Money Equipment Services Country Organization

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To a__ a country, organization, or person means to provide them with money, equipment, or services that they need.To aid a country, organization, or person means to provide them with money, equipment, or services that they need.
The ministry is working through international associations to aid the refugees.
...a charitable organization that has spent millions aiding pharmaceutical research.
...grant-aided factories.
...state-aided schools.
word aid
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noun
Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
...convoys delivering humanitarian aid to besieged or isolated communities.
They have already pledged billions of dollars in aid.
...food aid convoys.
If you perform a task with the aid of something, you need or use that thing to perform that task.
He succeeded with the aid of a completely new method he discovered.
Gently raise your upper body to a sitting position, without the aid of your hands.
An aid is an object, device, or technique that makes something easier to do.
The new law gives authorities a responsibility to provide aids to people with disabilities.
The book is an invaluable aid to teachers of literature.
Colonel Hardy would like to see every tank with a computerized aid.
verb
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To aid a country, organization, or person means to provide them with money, equipment, or services that they need.
The ministry is working through international associations to aid the refugees.
...a charitable organization that has spent millions aiding pharmaceutical research.
...grant-aided factories.
...state-aided schools.
To aid someone means to help or assist them.
...a software system to aid managers in advanced decision-making.
The hunt for her killer will continue, with police aided by the army and air force.
He was forced to turn for aid to his former enemy.
If something aids a process, it makes it easier or more likely to happen .
The export sector will aid the economic recovery.
Calcium may aid in the prevention of colon cancer.
inflections aidsaidingaided-aided
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