aid
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aid/eɪd/
▶noun
- 1 help or support.
- 2 material help given to a place in need.
- 3 historical a grant of subsidy or tax to a king.
– phrases
in aid of chiefly Brit. in support of.
what's (all) this in aid of? Brit. informal what is the purpose of this?
in aid of chiefly Brit. in support of.
what's (all) this in aid of? Brit. informal what is the purpose of this?
– origin ME: from OFr. aide (n.), aidier (v.), based on L. adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
AID
▶abbreviation artificial insemination by donor.
'aid' also found in these Oxford entries:
abet
- accelerant
- advocate
- AID
- aid climbing
- aide-memoire
- ampersand
- anaptyxis
- armband
- Band-Aid
- barrage
- bionic
- birthwort
- buoyancy aid
- bypass
- channel
- chill
- core dump
- cotton grass
- deaf aid
- digestif
- dioptric
- direction finder
- ear trumpet
- episiotomy
- false colour
- first aid
- free climbing
- freehand
- gastrolith
- grant aid
- grant-in-aid
- graticule
- guild
- handout
- hearing aid
- Heimlich procedure
- hornbook
- idiot board
- jury
- kit
- legal aid
- mantra
- Medicaid
- mitumba
- mnemonic
- Napier's bones
- note
- occupational therapy
