Dependency
[dɪ'pend(ə)nsɪ] or [dɪ'pɛndənsi]
Definition
(n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
(n.) A thing hanging down; a dependence.
(n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
(n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Adjunct, appurtenance.[2]. Colony.
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Examples
- Whatever expense Great Britain has hitherto laid out in maintaining this dependency, has really been laid out in order to support this monopoly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The dependency of one organic being on another, as of a parasite on its prey, lies generally between beings remote in the scale of nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Manila hemp, as it is called, is a product of our Philippine dependency, being obtained from a species of the banana plant which grows abundantly in those islands. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As to dependency or humiliation, Caroline did not feel it in her intercourse with Shirley, and why should Mrs. Pryor? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The monopoly is the principal badge of their dependency, and it is the sole fruit which has hitherto been gathered from that dependency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Points on the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson were held as dependencies; but their fall was sure to follow the capture of the former place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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