resource Definition

resource
noun

1. Someone or something that provides a source of help, support, etc when needed.
2. A means of solving difficulties, problems, etc.
3. Skill at finding ways of solving difficulties, problems, etc; ingenuity.
4. Anything that can be of use to people, either a non-renewable resource or a renewable resource.
5. Means of support, especially money or property.

Thesaurus: money, capital, funds, wealth, assets, means, reserves, riches, holdings, wherewithal.
Form: resources (usually)
6. The principal source of wealth or income of a country or institution.

Example: natural resources
Form: resources (usually)

verb

resourced, resourcing
1. To provide support, usually financial, for someone or something.

Derivative: resourceful
adj

Skilled in finding ways of solving difficulties, problems, etc; ingenious.
Thesaurus: imaginative, talented, quick-witted, sharp, creative, fertile, ingenious, inventive, capable, clever, innovative, able, bright, slick.

Derivative: resourcefully
adverb

Derivative: resourcefulness
noun

Derivative: resourceless
adj

Etymology: 17c: from French ressource, ultimately from Latin surgere to rise.