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Resource

rɪˈzɔːs

Resource definitions
noun
resource resources
  1. 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"

    • a country's collective means of supporting itself or becoming wealthier, as represented by its reserves of minerals, land, and other natural assets

      "Japan's exploitation of commercially important marine resources"

    • a source of help or information

      "census records are an invaluable resource for the historian"

    • available assets
  2. an action or strategy which may be adopted in adverse circumstances

    "sometimes anger is the only resource left in a situation like this"

    • personal attributes and capabilities regarded as able to help or sustain one in adverse circumstances

      "we had been left very much to our own resources"

    • the ability to find clever ways to overcome difficulties; resourcefulness

      "a man of resource"

    • the possibility of aid or assistance

      "the flower of the French army was lost without resource"

  3. a leisure occupation
verb
resource resourced resources resourcing
  1. provide with resources

    "a strategy which ensures that primary healthcare workers are adequately resourced"