Usually means: Individual relying on another's support.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word dependant:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. dependant: Merriam-Webster
  2. dependant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. dependant: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dependant: Vocabulary.com
  5. Dependant, dependant: Wordnik
  6. dependant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dependant: Wiktionary
  8. dependant: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Dependant, dependant: Dictionary.com
  10. Dependant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Dependant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. dependant: Rhymezone
  13. dependant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. dependant: FreeDictionary.org
  15. dependant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. dependant: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. dependant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. dependant: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. dependant: Legal dictionary
  3. dependant: Financial dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dependant: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. dependant: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dependant: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dependant: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.
▸ adjective:  Obsolete spelling of dependent. [Relying upon; depending upon.]
▸ adjective:  Misspelling of dependent. [Relying upon; depending upon.]

Similar:
dependent, conditional, qualified, strung-out, addicted, hooked, drug-addicted, semidependent, onhanger, adjective, more...

Opposite:
independent, autonomous, self-reliant

Types:
spouse, partner, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, more...

Phrases:
dependant on, dependant upon, a servile or fawning dependant, be dependant upon, not dependant on, more...

Adjectives:
more, poor, less, humble, dependent, mere, temperature, faithful, old, longer, feudal



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Similar:
dependent, conditional, qualified, strung-out, addicted, hooked, drug-addicted, semidependent, onhanger, adjective, more...

Opposite:
independent, autonomous, self-reliant

Types:
spouse, partner, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, more...

Phrases:
dependant on, dependant upon, a servile or fawning dependant, be dependant upon, not dependant on, answer dependant on person, concentration dependant, to have someone dependant upon you, more...

Adjectives:
more, poor, less, humble, dependent, mere, temperature, faithful, old, longer, feudal



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