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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Resource

/(r?*s?rs")/ · Re·source · IPA /ˈɹisɔɹs/
01 n. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
  1. 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. 2.
    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.