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  • 21dependent — 15c., variant spelling of DEPENDANT (Cf. dependant), now mostly restricted to adjectival use; see ANCE (Cf. ance). Dependent variable in mathematics is recorded from 1852 …

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  • 22dependent — [adj1] weak, helpless abased, clinging, counting on, debased, defenseless, humbled, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, reliant, relying on, secondary, subordinate, tied to apron strings*, under, under thumb*, unsustaining,… …

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  • 23dependent territory — [dependent territory] ; » ↑overseas territory …

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  • 24Dependent — De*pend ent, n. 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. [1913 Webster] A host of dependents on the court, suborned… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25dependent differentiation — dependent differentiation. См. зависимая дифференцировка. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 26Dependent — * Dependếnt, adj. et adv. dependiren, verb. reg. neutr. mit haben, und die Dependếnz, plur. car. ohne Nutzen und Noth aus dem Lateinischen für abhängig, abhangen und Abhängigkeit, welche S …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 27Dependent — Dependent, lat., abhängig; Dependentien, wie Pertinentien, Zubehör; dependiren, abhängig sein …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 28dependent clause — n. Gram. a clause that cannot function syntactically as a complete sentence by itself but has a nominal, adjectival, or adverbial function within a larger sentence; subordinate clause (Ex.: She will visit us if she can.): distinguished from… …

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  • 29dependent care plan — A fringe benefit that eligible employees of a business can be given tax free to care for their dependents. This expense is generally deductible to the business. Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Accounting, Bookkeeping & Finances …

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  • 30dependent coverage — n. Insurance protection for dependents of the insured. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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