The meaning of Dependant

Dependant – definition

noun
A person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support.
Usage examples:
A single man with no dependants
Synonims:
Child Minor Ward Charge Protégé Relative Family member Hanger-on Parasite Offspring Progeny Fosterling

noun
Someone who depends on you for financial support, for example, a child or family member who cannot work
Usage examples:
As she has no dependants, the experts agreed there was no need for ms dewsbury to have life cover a…

Dependant translation into English

Dependant: translate from English into Chinese

依赖的, 属, 依赖他人者

Dependant: translate from English into Dutch

Afhankelijk, Ondergeschikt, Afhankelijke persoon, Afhangend, Onderhorig

Dependant: translate from English into French

Dépendant, Subordonné

Dependant: translate from English into German

Abhängig, Abhängige, Unselbständig, Unselbstständig, Untergeordnet

Dependant: translate from English into Hindi

आश्रित, निर्भर, अधीन, सेवक, अवलंबित होनेवाला, शासनाधीन, अधीनस्था, परमुखापेक्षी, मातहत, जागीरदार, दास, अनुजीवी, ताबेदार, मुहताज, अवलम्बित, पराधीन, परतंत्र

Dependant: translate from English into Italian

Dipendente, Subordinato, Persona a carico, Soggetto

Dependant: translate from English into Korean

매달린, 입, 의지하는, 의존하는, ...에 좌우되는, 남에게 의지하여 사는 사람

Dependant: translate from English into Russian

Зависимый, Зависящий, Иждивенец, Подневольный, Подчиненный, Находящийся на иждивении, Подвластный, Служащий, Ниспадающий

Dependant: translate from English into Spanish

Dependiente, Subordinado, Familiar dependiente, Familiar, Trabajador

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting a dependency): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from’, present participle of dependre (see depend).

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Dependant – similar words

dependable

adjective
Trustworthy and reliable.
Usage examples:
A dependable supply of cold beer

adjective
Deserving of trust or confidence
Usage examples:
I need a dependable baby-sitter.

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dependability

noun
The quality of being trustworthy and reliable.
Usage examples:
The brand has built its reputation on rock-solid dependability

noun
The quality of being able to be trusted and being very likely to do what people expect
Usage examples:
The car offers value for money, comfort, and dependability., thomas' teammates appreciated his depe…

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depend

verb
Be controlled or determined by.
Usage examples:
Differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors

verb
To be influenced or determined by something else
Usage examples:
All of this depends on how the test is constructed., “do you eat out at lunchtime?” “well, it depen…

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Dependant synonims

charge

verb
Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.
Usage examples:
Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun
A price asked for goods or services.
Usage examples:
Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun
An ambassador's deputy.

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child

noun
A young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.
Usage examples:
She'd been playing tennis since she was a child

noun
A person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age
Usage examples:
Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children., now in their 60s, jerome and sally hav…

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fosterling

noun
A child who is fostered or adopted.
Usage examples:
His son and fosterlings were well received in the town.

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hanger-on

noun
A person who tries to be friendly and spend time with rich or important people to get some advantage
Usage examples:
Wherever there are rock stars, there are always hangers-on.

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minor

adjective
Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
Usage examples:
She requested a number of minor alterations

noun
A person under the age of full legal responsibility.
Usage examples:
The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb
Short for minor suit.
Usage examples:
A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

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offspring

noun
A person's child or children.
Usage examples:
The offspring of middle-class parents

noun
The young of an animal, or a person’s children
Usage examples:
Champion horses have numerous offspring.

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parasite

noun
An organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
Usage examples:
The parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes

noun
An animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it

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progeny

noun
A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.
Usage examples:
Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny

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protege

noun
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
Usage examples:
Ruskin submitted his protégé's name for election

noun
Someone who is helped, taught, or protected by an important or more experienced person

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relative

adjective
Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.
Usage examples:
The relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known

noun
A person connected by blood or marriage.
Usage examples:
Much of my time is spent visiting relatives

adjective
As judged or measured in comparison with something else
Usage examples:
We considered the relative merits of flying to washington or taking the train., relative to (= cons…

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ward

noun
A separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.
Usage examples:
A children's ward

verb
Any of the internal ridges or bars in a lock which prevent the turning of any key which does not have grooves of corresponding form or size.

suffix
(forming adverbs) towards the specified place or direction.
Usage examples:
Eastwards

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