Give assistance to male with record (4)
I believe the answer is:
help
'give assistance to' is the definition.
'male with record' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'record' becomes 'lp' (LP is an example).
'he'+'lp'='HELP'
(Other definitions for help that I've seen before include "Be of service" , "Charity" , "Lend a hand" , "Come to the aid of" , "SOS, mayday" .)