resources
What you've got
Resources are assets available for use—money, materials, people, time, or information that can be drawn upon when needed.
Natural resources are raw materials like water, timber, and minerals.
Human resources refers to personnel, often as a corporate department.
Someone of limited resources lacks wealth.
To be resourceful is to manage well with whatever's available.
Wealth used for investment
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- budgetPlan for spending
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
financing · endowment · subsidy · sponsorship · venture capital · seed money · angel investment · backing
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- forestsDensely treed land areas
- waterClear essential liquid
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
oil · gas · timber · wildlife · arable land · fertile soil · fishing grounds · geothermal
Lustrous conductive elements
- lumberSawn wood for building
- concreteSolid building mixture
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- textilesWoven or knit materials
glass · ceramics · composites · rubber · alloys · fibers · plywood · brick
All available workers
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- talentInborn aptitude
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
expertise · skills · manpower · employees · contractors · volunteers · specialists · consultants
Support or aid given
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- reliefEasing of distress
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- humanitarian aidCrisis relief for sufferers
emergency aid · charity · benefits · intervention · development aid · outreach · services · programs
Facts for analysis
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- archivesStored historical documents
- databasesOrganized electronic information collections
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
repositories · records · directories · references · manuals · guides · catalogs · indexes
capital
Wealth used for investment
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- budgetPlan for spending
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
grants · financing · endowment · subsidy · sponsorship · venture capital · seed money · angel investment · backing · patronage
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
coal · oil · gas · timber · wildlife · arable land · fertile soil · fishing grounds · geothermal · solar
metals
Lustrous conductive elements
- lumberSawn wood for building
- concreteSolid building mixture
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
textiles · glass · ceramics · composites · rubber · alloys · fibers · plywood · brick · adhesives
workforce
All available workers
labor · expertise · skills · manpower · employees · contractors · volunteers · specialists · consultants · team
assistance
Support or aid given
humanitarian aid · emergency aid · charity · benefits · intervention · development aid · outreach · services · programs · hotlines
data
Facts for analysis
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- archivesStored historical documents
- databasesOrganized electronic information collections
libraries · repositories · records · directories · references · manuals · guides · catalogs · indexes · encyclopedias
- resourcesmoney, capital, materials, supplies, assets
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
resourcesscarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
lack · shortage · deficiency · want · destitution
resourcesliabilities
Amounts owed to others
debts · obligations · burdens · encumbrances · drain
resourcesinability
Lack of capacity
incapacity · helplessness · powerlessness · debility · impotence
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
- natural resourcesUseful substances from nature
- academic resourcesMaterials supporting scholarly work
- campus resourcesInstitutional support offerings
- natural resources managementStewarding Earth's material wealth
- online resourcesDigital materials on internet
resource, resourceful, resourcefulness, resourced, resourcing, resourcefully, resourceless