emergency aid
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GC: n

S: ReliefWeb – https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emergency-aid-10-1-facts (last access: 2 July 2024); IGI – https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/emergency-aid/80506 (last access: 2 July 2024).

N: 1. – emergency (n): “unforeseen occurrence requiring immediate attention,” 1630s, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergere “to rise out or up” (see emerge). Or from emerge + -ency. As an adjective by 1881.

– aid (n): early 15c., aide, “war-time tax,” also “help, support, assistance,” from Old French aide, earlier aiudha “aid, help, assistance,” from Late Latin adiuta, noun use of fem. of adiutus, past participle of Latin adiuvare “to give help to,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + iuvare “to help, give strength, support, sustain,” which is from a PIE source perhaps related to the root of iuvenis “young person” (see young (adj.)).

The meaning “thing by which assistance is given” is recorded from 1590s; the sense of “person who assists, helper” is from 1560s. The meaning “material help given by one country to another” is from 1940.

2. Serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

3. “emergency relief” or “emergency aid” in the fields of Emergency Management; Economic Co-operation and Development; Collaboration with the FAO:

  • .. help given to populations affected by unpredictable natural disasters or human conflicts.

4. “emergency asistance” in the field of Economics:

  • Mixed performance under last year’s program; obtained emergency assistance in November 1992, hoping for ESAF (Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility) program in 1993.

S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=emergency+aid (last access: 2 July 2024). 2. Springer – https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_199-1 (last access: 2 July 2024). 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=emergency+aid&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs, https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=emergency+assistance&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 2 July 2024).

SYN: emergency relief

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=emergency+aid&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 2 July 2024)

CR: damage assessment, emergence, emergency department, humanitarian aid, medical emergency.