resource
noun
[ rɪˈsɔːs ]
• 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:
assets,
funds,
wealth,
money,
riches,
capital,
deep pockets,
staff,
people,
supplies,
materials,
store(s),
stock(s),
reserve(s),
holding(s),
supply,
reservoir,
pool,
fund,
stockpile,
accumulation,
hoard,
• an action or strategy which may be adopted in adverse circumstances.
• "sometimes anger is the only resource left in a situation like this"
Similar:
expedient,
resort,
means,
measure,
method,
course,
way,
scheme,
plan,
plot,
stratagem,
manoeuvre,
machination,
agency,
trick,
ruse,
artifice,
device,
tool,
• a leisure occupation.
resource
verb
• provide with resources.
• "a strategy which ensures that primary healthcare workers are adequately resourced"
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’).
