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Noun resource has 3 senses

resource - available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
--₁ is a kind of assets
--₁ has particulars:
natural resource, natural resources; labor resources; support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance; support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing; ways and means
resource - a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"
--₂ is a kind of asset, plus
--₂ has particulars:
aid, assistance, help; recourse, refuge, resort; resourcefulness; inner resources
resource, resourcefulness, imagination - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
--₃ is a kind of inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness
--₃ has particulars: armory, armoury, inventory