'AIDER
World English Dictionary
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist |
| 2. | (tr) to assist financially |
| —n | |
| 3. | assistance; help; support |
| 4. | a person, device, etc, that helps or assists: a teaching aid |
| 5. | mountaineering Also: artificial aid any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent |
| 6. | (in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son |
| 7. | informal (Brit) in aid of in support of; for the purpose of |
| [C15: via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help] | |
| 'aider | |
| —n | |
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