aid

Definition

Examples

The organization provides financial aid to students from poor families.

Synonyms

• assistthe activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• supportthe activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
• reliefthe feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

Collocations

• Easy first aid kit
  describing first aid kit (the first or highest in an ordering or series)
• Medium apply for financial aid
  to submit a formal request or put into practice regarding for financial aid
• Hard coordinate international humanitarian aid
  to coordinate international humanitarian aid, meaning to bring order and organization to
• Very Hard come to the aid of an ailing firm
  to come to the aid of an ailing firm, meaning to move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody