The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose:
— Could not walk without assistance.

synonyms: aid, assist, help.

Roget 707: aid, aidance^†; assistance, help, opitulation^†, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy etc. (cooperation) 709^†.    patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.    sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food etc. 298; means etc. 632.    ministry, ministration; subministration^†; accommodation.    relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina [Lat.].    supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements^†, succors, contingents, recruits; support etc. (physical) 215; adjunct, ally etc. (helper) 711.    ... show more

Dutch: assistent, steun, assistentie, bijstand, hulp, hulpbetoon, hulpverlening, medewerking
Polish: wsparcie, pomoc

A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do:
— His job was to give technical assistance over the phone.

synonyms: aid, help.

Dutch: hulp, hulpje, hulpmiddel, utiliteit

Gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause:
— Economic assistance to depressed areas.

synonyms: aid, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance.

Dutch: helper, hulpje, bijstand
Polish: zapomoga, pomoc, wsparcie, datek