social welfare welfare public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need, she lives on welfare |
supplementary benefit social assistance national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
aid assist assistance help | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose, he gave me an assist with the housework, could not walk without assistance, rescue party went to their aid, offered his help in unloading |
logistic support logistic assistance | assistance between and within military commands |
aid assistance help | a resource, visual aids in teaching |
Bureau of Justice Assistance BJA | the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse |
render | a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls |
render | cause to become, The shot rendered her immobile |
try render | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities, try the yak butter, render fat in a casserole |
translate interpret render | restate (words) from one language into another language, I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S., Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?, She rendered the French poem into English, He translates for the U.N. |
give render | bestow, give homage, render thanks |
render deliver return | pass down, render a verdict, deliver a judgment |
render | coat with plastic or cement, render the brick walls in the den |
render-set | cover with two coats of plaster, render-set the walls so they'll look nice and smooth |
render yield return give generate | give or supply, The cow brings in liters of milk, This year's crop yielded ,bushels of corn, The estate renders some revenue for the family |
picture depict render show | show in, or as in, a picture, This scene depicts country life, the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting |
interpret render | give an interpretation or rendition of, The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully |
hand over fork over fork out fork up turn in deliver render | to surrender someone or something to another, the guard delivered the criminal to the police, render up the prisoners, render the town to the enemy, fork over the money |
render return | give back, render money |
render submit | make over as a return, They had to render the estate |
supply provide render furnish | give something useful or necessary to, We provided the room with an electrical heater |