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   re·source

   /ˈrēˌsôrs/

   noun

   • 1. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively: "local authorities complained that they lacked resources" Similar assetsfundswealthmoneyrichescapitaldeep pocketsstaffpeoplesuppliesmaterialsstore(s)stock(s)reserve(s)holding(s)supplyreservoirpoolfundstockpileaccumulationhoard
   • ▪ a country's collective means of supporting itself or becoming wealthier, as represented by its reserves of minerals, land, and other assets: "Japan's exploitation of commercially important marine resources"
   • ▪ available assets. North American
   • 2. an action or strategy which may be adopted in adverse circumstances: "sometimes anger is the only resource left in a situation like this" Similar expedientresortmeansmeasuremethodcoursewayschemeplanplotstratagemmaneuvermachinationagencytrickruseartificedevicetool
   • ▪ one's personal attributes and capabilities regarded as able to help or sustain one in adverse circumstances: "we had been left very much to our own resources"
   • ▪ the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties: dated "a man of resource" Similar initiativeresourcefulnessenterpriseimaginationimaginativenessingenuityinventivenessquick-wittednessclevernessnative wittalentabilitycapabilityspiritspiritednessenthusiasmdrivezestdashambitionenergyvigorvitalityinformal:gumptionget-up-and-gogopushoomphpizzazzpepzipvim
   • ▪ the possibility of aid or assistance: archaic "the flower of the French army was lost without resource"
   • 3. a leisure occupation. dated

   verb

   • 1. provide (a person or organization) with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation: "ensuring that primary healthcare workers are adequately resourced"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from obsolete French ressourse, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of Old French dialect resourdre ‘rise again, recover’ (based on Latin surgere ‘to rise’).

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