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assistance (uh SIS tuhns)
1. Support; help, service; collaboration, cooperation: "The pilot needed the copilot’s assistance in landing the plane."
2. Financial support, contribution, charity, alms, relief, stipend, subsidy: "The public’s assistance is needed to build the orphanage."
2. Financial support, contribution, charity, alms, relief, stipend, subsidy: "The public’s assistance is needed to build the orphanage."
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assistance (uh SIS tuhns) (noun)
1. Support; cooperation: "The pilot needed the copilot’s assistance in landing the plane."
2. Financial support: "Public assistance is needed to build the orphanage."
2. Financial support: "Public assistance is needed to build the orphanage."
assistants (uh SIS tuhnts) (noun)
Those who help someone, or who support a number of higher ranking people, to complete work assignments: "The new assistants in the office are very hard workers."
Yvette asked the mover, Kirk and his assistants, for their assistance in carrying her heavy boxes up the stairs.
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stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist
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(Latin: help, give assistance)