[
UK
/dɪpˈɛndənt/
]
NOUN
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
ADJECTIVE
- addicted to a drug
- contingent on something else
How To Use dependant In A Sentence
- Only students studying for more than 12 months will be allowed to bring their dependants. Times, Sunday Times
- There are approximately 12 million migrants with their dependants living in the EU countries.
- All independent and dependant taluks of various denominations were thus turned into independent zamindaris.
- Weapon effects are distinct for each armament, and there's an impressive array of different ricochet sounds, dependant on the surface type you fire at.
- Married women receive only the basic pension as their husband's dependant.
- The government has agreed to take only 150 refugees plus their dependants.
- Higher compensation is likely if the airline is held liable and will vary according to whether passengers had dependants. Times, Sunday Times
- Our economy is dependant on the tourists and the tourists want to see the landscape, the ranges and the mountains.
- Only students studying for more than 12 months will be allowed to bring their dependants. Times, Sunday Times
- Anybody with dependants should consider how they would cope if a family member were caught up in a disaster such as the Asian tsunami.