resource
n. countablen. something useful that a person or country has and can use. This includes things like money, time, or natural materials like oil and water.
n. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.
The library is a great resource for students.
The project failed because the team did not have the financial resources to finish the final stage.
Effective management of natural resources requires a delicate balance between immediate economic gain and the long-term preservation of the local ecosystem for future generations.
Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.
From re- + source.
Often used in the plural form when referring to the total assets of a country or organization.