assistance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    aid; assist; help.
    • he gave me an assist with the housework
    • could not walk without assistance
    • rescue party went to their aid
    • offered his help in unloading
  2. noun a resource
    aid; help.
    • visual aids in teaching

WordNet

As*sist"ance noun
Etymology
Cf. F. assistance.
Definitions
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
    Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.
  2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Obs.
    Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John Cavendish. Fuller.
  3. Persons present. Obs. or a Gallicism

Webster 1913