n.
   - help or support.
- material help given to a place in need.
- historical a grant of subsidy or tax to a king.
v.
 help in the achievement of something.
Phrase
  
    - in aid of
 chiefly Brit. in support of.
- what's 
(all)
 this in aid of?
 Brit. informal what is the purpose of this?
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. aide (n.), aidier (v.), based on L. adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’.