aid

Definition for aid

noun as in help, support

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assistance, benefit, care, compensation, cooperation, gift, relief, service, subsidy, treatment

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advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benevolence, bounty, charity, comfort, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, giving, guidance, hand, handout, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, rescue, reward, salvation, sustenance

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leg up, shot in the arm

verb as in help, support

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abet, alleviate, assist, encourage, promote, subsidize

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befriend, benefact, favor, lighten, mitigate, relieve, serve, sustain

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bail out, go to bat for, go with, lend a hand, open doors for, stick up for, straighten out

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Aid workers have been trying to reach people on foot and by motorcycle, as many roads are impassable to larger vehicles.

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Many are still waiting for food aid, with some saying they have not eaten for two to three days.

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Maysanti, who lives in Central Tapanuli which is one of the worst-hit areas in North Sumatra, told the BBC that aid workers were having trouble reaching her district.

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Some have blamed bureaucratic red tape for slowing down the distribution of food aid.

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The government's "priority now is how to immediately send the necessary aid", with particular focus on several isolated villages, he added.

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