Resource


noun
1.
a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
2.
resources, the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth.
3.
Usually, resources. money, or any property that can be converted into money; assets.
4.
Often, resources. an available means afforded by the mind or one’s personal capabilities:
to have resource against loneliness.
5.
an action or measure to which one may have recourse in an emergency; expedient.
6.
capability in dealing with a situation or in meeting difficulties:
a woman of resource.
noun
1.
capability, ingenuity, and initiative; quick-wittedness: a man of resource
2.
(often pl) a source of economic wealth, esp of a country (mineral, land, labour, etc) or business enterprise (capital, equipment, personnel, etc)
3.
a supply or source of aid or support; something resorted to in time of need
4.
a means of doing something; expedient

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