Usually means: Assistance provided to those in need.
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We found 50 dictionaries that define the word aid:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. AID, aid: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. AID, aid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. -aid, aid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. aid: Vocabulary.com
  6. Aid, aid: Wordnik
  7. aid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. AID, aid: Wiktionary
  9. aid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. aid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. aid: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. AID, a.i.d: Dictionary.com
  13. aid (n.), aid (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. aid: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. AID, Aid (rapper), Aid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Aid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. aid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. aid: Rhymezone
  19. aid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. aid: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. AID: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. aid: Free Dictionary
  23. aid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. aid: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. aid: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. aid: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. aid: Legal dictionary
  3. aid: Financial dictionary
  4. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AID: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. aid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AID (artificial insemination by donor): MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. AID: Medical dictionary
  5. AID (artificial insemination by donor): Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. AID: Acronym Finder
  4. AID: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. aid: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A.I.D, the aid: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AID: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)

(Note: See aided as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
noun:  (countable) A helper; an assistant.
noun:  (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
noun:  (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
noun:  (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
noun:  (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
noun:  (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
verb:  (transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
verb:  (climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
noun:  (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”) [An assistant.]
noun:  Initialism of artificial insemination by donor.
noun:  Initialism of Agency for International Development.

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