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help, typically of a practical nature:

(資金･食糧･労力などの)援助, 支援; 救援(物資); 助け (!主に困難な状況にある国･団体･人々などに対して国･団体などが行う; 行政･ジャーナリズムで用いられ一般にはhelp, assistance, supportが好まれる)

e.g. he saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid

e.g. within six weeks he was walking with the aid of a walker.

financial or material help given to a country or area in need:

e.g. 700,000 tons of food aid

e.g. as modifier : aid convoys.

a person or thing that is a source of help or assistance:

«…の» 補助となる物 «to» ; 補助具; 助手

e.g. exercise is an important aid to recovery after heart attacks

e.g. a teaching aid.

historical a grant of subsidy or tax to a king.

〘英史〙 献金

verb with object

help, assist, or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something:

【活動などにおいて】(資金･労力などを提供して)〈国･人など〉を援助する, 支援する «in, with» (!報道などで好まれる語で, 日常語としてはhelpを用いる)

e.g. women were aided in childbirth by midwives

〈物･事が〉 【経過･活動において】助けとなる, 支援［補助］する «in»

e.g. no object : the heel was slanted to aid in climbing hilly terrain.

promote or encourage (something):

〈物･事が〉〈経過･活動など〉を促進する, 助長する

e.g. diet and exercise aid healthy skin.

mainly British in support of; for the purpose of raising money for:

e.g. a concert in aid of Armenia.

what's this in aid of? (also what's all this in aid of?)

British informal what is the purpose of this?

late Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’.