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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assistance \As*sist"ance\, noun [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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
assistance
noun
1: 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" [syn: {aid}, {assist}, {help}]
2: a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas" [syn: {aid}, {help}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "assistance": advantage, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, alterative, analeptic, annuity, appropriation, assist, avail, backing, balm, balsam, benefit, bounty, comfort, corrective, cure, depletion allowance, dole, ease, fellowship, financial assistance, good offices, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, hand, healing agent, healing quality, help, lift, ministration, ministry, office, offices, old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pension, prescription, price support, profit, protection, public assistance, public welfare, receipt, recipe, reinforcement, relief, remedial measure, remedy, rescue, restorative, retirement benefits, scholarship, service, sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, succor, support, supporting, tax benefit, therapy, upholding, use, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments
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