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dependant

/ dɪˈpɛndənt /

noun

  1. a person who depends on another person, organization, etc, for support, aid, or sustenance, esp financial support
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Turkey has a relatively large defense budget of $15 billion but is mostly dependant on imports for its advanced platforms.

Health care costs are path dependant; you can't just hit the reset button and decide we'd rather do it West Germany's way.

The last tidings of him came from Ireland, where he was living as a dependant on some reduced family.

Isaacson had never before spoken so roughly, so almost ferociously to a dependant.

On either side can be seen giant stalactites dependant from the roof, looking like mighty columns to support the dome.

There was no pleading illness, for she was quite well; there must be no saying, "I will not go," for she was only a dependant.

I am here as a paid dependant and receiving really too high wages for any possible work I can give in return.

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