aid

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 52.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Alngith.
2. noun Help; assistance; succor, relief.

   He came to my aid when I was foundering.

3. noun A helper; an assistant.
4. noun Something which helps; a material source of help.

   Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.

5. noun An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
6. noun An exchequer loan.
7. noun A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
8. noun Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).

Similar words

help assistance assist attention care helping tending succour assisting adjuvant

Often followed by

of to in and the for from is was

Word family

AID aided aider aiders aiding aids