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¹aid

verb \ˈād\

: to provide what is useful or necessary

Full Definition of AID

transitive verb

: to provide with what is useful or necessary in achieving an end

intransitive verb

: to give assistance

— aid·er noun

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Origin of AID

Middle English eyden, from Anglo-French aider, from Latin adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare, from ad- + juvare to help

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to AID

Synonyms: abet, help, assist, back, backstop, prop (up), support

Antonyms: hinder

Rhymes with AID

Ade, aide, blade, braid, cade, clade, fade, glade, grade, jade, lade, made, maid, paid, raid, rayed, shade, spade, stade, staid, suede, trade, wade

²aid

noun

: the act of helping someone : help or assistance given to someone

: something (such as money, food, or equipment) that is given by a government or an organization to help the people in a country or area where many people are suffering because of poverty, disease, etc.

: money that is given to a student to help pay for the cost of attending a school

Full Definition of AID

: a subsidy granted to the king by the English parliament until the 18th century for an extraordinary purpose

a : the act of helping

b : help given : assistance <providing aid and comfort>; specifically : tangible means of assistance (as money or supplies)

a : aide

b : something by which assistance is given : an assisting device <an aid to understanding> <a visual aid>; especially : hearing aid

: a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord

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First Known Use of AID

15th century

Related to AID

Synonyms: adjunct, adjutant, helper, aide, apprentice, assistant, coadjutor, deputy, helpmate, helpmeet, lieutenant, mate, sidekick

Antonyms: disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, minus

AID

abbreviation

Definition of AID

Agency for International Development

artificial insemination by donor

Other Economics Terms

actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

AID Defined for Kids

¹aid

verb \ˈād\

aid·edaid·ing

Definition of AID for Kids

: to provide what is useful or necessary : help <“… might not your energies have been better directed toward finding and aiding your master?” — J. K. Rowling, Goblet of Fire>