ALL meanings of dependant
de·pend·ant
D d - countable noun dependant Your dependants are the people you support financially, such as your children. 3
- noun dependant a person who depends on another person, organization, etc, for support, aid, or sustenance, esp financial support 3
- noun dependant Obsolete spelling of dependent. 1
- adjective dependant relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc. 1
- adjective dependant conditioned or determined by something else; contingent: Our trip is dependent on the weather. 1
- adjective dependant subordinate; subject: a dependent territory. 1
- adjective dependant Grammar. not used in isolation; used only in connection with other forms. In I walked out when the bell rang, when the bell rang is a dependent clause. Compare independent (def 14), main1 (def 4). 1
- adjective dependant hanging down; pendent. 1
- adjective dependant Mathematics. (of a variable) having values determined by one or more independent variables. (of an equation) having solutions that are identical to those of another equation or to those of a set of equations. 1
- adjective dependant Statistics. (of an event or a value) not statistically independent. 1
- noun dependant a person who depends on or needs someone or something for aid, support, favor, etc. 1
- noun dependant a child, spouse, parent, or certain other relative to whom one contributes all or a major amount of necessary financial support: She listed two dependents on her income-tax form. 1
- noun dependant Archaic. a subordinate part. 1
- noun dependant (Britain) A person who depends on another for support, particularly financial support (= US dependent). 0
- noun dependant (US) Misspelling of dependent. 0