RESOURCING

Etymology

Noun

resourcing (uncountable)

The provision of resources.

Anagrams

• recoursing, scroungier

Source: Wiktionary


RESOURCE

Re*source" (r*srs"), n. Etym: [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.]

1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. Dryden.

2. pl.

Definition: Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. Macaulay.

Syn.

– Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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