The definition of a resource is something that is ready to use if or when it is needed.
(noun)See resource in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: Fr ressource < OFr < resourdre, to arise anew < re-, again + sourdre, to spring up < L surgere: see surge
See resource in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Obsolete French
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from feminine past participle of resourdre, to rise again
Origin: , from Latin resurgere
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + surgere, to rise; see surge
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