0 a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, or person:
1 to provide an organization or department with money or equipment:
2 something that can be used to help you:
3 a useful or valuable possession or quality that a person or organization has, for example, money, time, or skills:
have the resources to do sth The company has the resources and infrastructure to manage a global brand.
limited/scarce resources The department has limited resources, and would struggle to cope in such a situation.
pool/share resources When times are hard we are asked to pool our resources, but it doesn't always work.
IT/technical resources
4 a useful or valuable possession, such as oil or gas, that a country has and that can be sold:
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.