assistance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: assistance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for assistance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assistance n 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" Synonym(s): aid, assist, assistance, help a resource; "visual aids in teaching" Synonym(s): aid, assistance, help
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assistance \Assist"ance\, n. [Cf. F. assistance.] 1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance* of a mortal hand. --Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. [Obs.] Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John Cavendish. --Fuller. 3. Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]