resource

Definition

  • noun: something that a country has and can use to increase its wealth
  • noun: a source of supply or support
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: means, expedient, resort

Examples

  • During his illness she discovered vast 'inner resources' that gave her the strength she needed.

  • Their financial 'resources' are severely limited. [=they do not have much money]

  • If we 'pool our resources' [=if we combine our money] we can buy the car.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) but that doesn't make you what you were. If this man is everything that you say he is, then the city needs me. The city needs Bruce Wayne. Your resources, your knowledge. It doesn't need your body, or your life. That time's past. You're afraid that, if I go back out there, I'll fail. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) It's the boys' home where I... coach some ball. Jimmy hadn't been around for months. - No? Why? - Blake, you know why. He aged out. We don't have the resources to keep boys on after . Yeah, look, I thought the Wayne Foundation gave money for that. Not for the past couple o' years. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises