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DictionaryaidPronunciation: (ād), [key] —v.t. 1. to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire. 2. to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate. —v.i. to give help or assistance. —n. 1. help or support; assistance. 2. a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary. 3. aids, Manège. a. Also called natural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight. b. Also called artificial aids. the devices by means of which a rider increases control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale. 4. aide-de-camp. 5. See foreign aid. 6. a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions. 7. Eng. Hist.(after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions. AIDPronunciation: (ād), [key] —n. U.S. Govt. the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961. AID1. American Institute of Decorators. 2. American Institute of Interior Designers. 3. Also,A.I.D. Brit.artificial insemination donor. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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