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resource
noun
1 resource
Available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed.
Dutch: grondstof, natuurlijke hulpbron, hulpbron
Polish: zasoby, zasoby przedsiębiorstwa
2 resource
A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed.
Dutch: hulpbron, ressource
3 resource
The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems:
— A man of resource.
synonyms: imagination, resourcefulness.
Dutch: hulpbron
Polish: przedsiębiorczość, zaradność, operatywność, inicjatywa, obrotność, rzutkość
Moby thesaurus: ability, action, ad hoc measure, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, answer, aptitude, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, assets, available means, backlog, balance, bonanza, bravura, brilliance, cache, capability, capacity, capital, capital goods, capitalization, cash, cleverness, command, competence, contraption, contrivance, control, coordination, cornucopia, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, craftsmanship, creation, cunning, deftness, demarche, dernier ressort, device, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, dodge, efficiency, effort, expediency, expedient, expertise, facility, fashion, finesse, font, forte, fortune, fount, fountain, fund, funds, gimmick, gold mine, grace, grip, grist, gumption, guts, handiness, holdings, hope, horsemanship, imagination, imaginativeness, improvisation, ingeniousness, ingenuity, initiative, invention, inventiveness, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, know-how, last expedient, last resort, last shift, liquid assets, lode, makeshift, maneuver, manner, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mean, means, measure, method, mine, mode, money, move, nest egg, opportunity, pis aller, possessions, possibility, practical ability, proficiency, property, prowess, quality, quarry, quick-wittedness, quickness, readiness, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resort, resourcefulness, resources, riches, savings, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, shake-up, shift, sinking fund, skill, skillfulness, solution, something in reserve, source, source of supply, spring, staple, step, stockpile, stopgap, stratagem, strength, string, stroke, stroke of policy, style, substance, substitute, subterfuge, supply, surrogate, system, tact, tactfulness, tactic, talent, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, temporary expedient, timing, trick, trump, unexpended balance, vein, virtuosity, way, wealth, well, wellspring, wit, wizardry, working hypothesis, working proposition, workmanship, worth ... show more.
resources
noun
Roget 637:
provision,
supply;
grist,
grist for the mill;
subvention
etc.
(aid)
707;
resources
etc.
(means)
632;
groceries,
grocery.
providing
etc.
v.;
purveyance;
reinforcement,
reenforcement†;
commissariat.
provender
etc.
(food)
298;
ensilage;
viaticum.
caterer,
purveyor,
commissary,
quartermaster,
manciple†,
feeder,
batman,
victualer,
grocer,
comprador [Sp.],
restaurateur;
jackal,
pelican;
sutler
etc.
(merchant)
797†.
grocery shop,
grocery store.
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Roget 780:
property,
possession,
suum cuique [Lat.],
meum et tuum [Lat.].
ownership,
proprietorship,
lordship;
seignority†;
empire
etc.
(dominion)
737.
interest,
stake,
estate,
right,
title,
claim,
demand,
holding;
tenure
etc.
(possession)
777;
vested interest,
contingent interest,
beneficial interest,
equitable interest;
use,
trust,
benefit;
legal estate,
equitable estate;
seizin [Law],
seisin [Law].
absolute interest,
paramount estate,
freehold;
fee tail,
fee simple;
estate in fee,
estate in tail,
estate tail;
estate in tail male,
estate in tail female,
estate in tail general.
limitation,
term,
lease,
settlement,
strict settlement,
particular estate;
estate for life,
estate for years,
estate pur autre vie [Fr.];
remainder,
reversion,
expectancy,
possibility.
dower,
dowry,
jointure†,
appanage,
inheritance,
heritage,
patrimony,
alimony;
legacy
etc.
(gift)
784;
Falcidian law,
paternal estate,
thirds.
assets,
belongings,
means,
resources,
circumstances;
wealth
etc.
803;
money
etc.
800;
what one is worth,
what one will cut up for;
estate and effects.
landed property,
landed real estate property;
realty;
land,
lands;
tenements;
hereditaments;
corporeal hereditaments,
incorporeal hereditaments;
acres;
ground
etc.
(earth)
342;
acquest†,
messuage,
toft†.
territory,
state,
kingdom,
principality,
realm,
empire,
protectorate,
sphere of influence.
manor,
honor,
domain,
demesne;
farm,
plantation,
hacienda;
allodium
etc.
(free)
748†;
fief,
fieff†,
feoff†,
feud,
zemindary†,
dependency;
arado†,
merestead†,
ranch.
free lease-holds,
copy lease-holds;
folkland†;
chattels real;
fixtures,
plant,
heirloom;
easement;
right of common,
right of user.
personal property,
personal estate,
personal effects;
personalty,
chattels,
goods,
effects,
movables;
stock,
stock in trade;
things,
traps,
rattletraps,
paraphernalia;
equipage
etc.
633.
parcels,
appurtenances.
impedimenta;
luggage,
baggage;
bag and baggage;
pelf;
cargo,
lading.
rent roll;
income
etc.
(receipts)
810;
maul and wedges [U.S.].
patent,
copyright;
chose in action;
credit
etc.
805;
debt
etc.
806.
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Roget 803:
wealth,
riches,
fortune,
handsome fortune,
opulence,
affluence;
good circumstances,
easy circumstances;
independence;
competence
etc.
(sufficiency)
639;
solvency.
provision,
livelihood,
maintenance;
alimony,
dowry;
means,
resources,
substance;
property
etc.
780;
command of money.
income
etc.
810;
capital,
money;
round sum
etc.
(treasure)
800;
mint of money,
mine of wealth,
El Dorado [Sp.],
bonanza,
Pacatolus,
Golconda,
Potosi.
long purse,
full purse,
well lined purse,
heavy purse,
deep pockets;
purse of Fortunatus [Lat.];
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
pelf,
Mammon,
lucre,
filthy lucre;
loaves and fishes†.
rich man,
moneyed man,
warm man;
man of substance;
capitalist,
millionaire,
tippybob [Slang],
Nabob,
Croesus,
idas,
Plutus,
Dives,
Timon of Athens†;
Timocracy,
Plutocracy;
Danae.
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Roget 632:
means,
resources,
wherewithal,
ways and means;
capital
etc.
(money)
800;
revenue;
stock in trade
etc.
636;
provision
etc.
637;
a shot in the locker;
appliances
etc.
(machinery)
633;
means and appliances;
conveniences;
cards to play;
expedients
etc.
(measures)
626;
two strings to one's bow;
sheet anchor
etc.
(safety)
666;
aid
etc.
707;
medium
etc.
631.
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Moby thesaurus: Swiss bank account, ability, assessed valuation, assets, assets and liabilities, available means, balance, bank account, bottom dollar, budget, capacity, capital, capital goods, capitalization, cash reserves, checking account, circumstances, command of money, current assets, deferred assets, devices, disposable resources, exchequer, finances, fixed assets, frozen assets, fund, funds, grist, holdings, intangible assets, intangibles, kitty, life savings, liquid assets, material assets, means, method, moneys, nest egg, net assets, net worth, pecuniary resources, pocket, pool, power, property, purse, quick assets, recourses, reserves, resorts, resource, savings, savings account, stock, stock-in-trade, substance, supply, tangible assets, tangibles, treasure, unregistered bank account, ways, ways and means, wealth, wherewith, wherewithal ... show more.
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