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support

 
/səˈpɔrt/, /-ˈpoʊrt/ n [U] (PROVIDING MONEY)

Definition

money or physical things that are provided to someone who needs them: The government promised financial support to the areas affected by the flooding.
(Definition of support n (PROVIDING MONEY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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