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Definition of Dependents
1. dependent [n] - See also: dependent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dependents
Literary usage of Dependents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Committee on Inquiry Into the Departments of Health, Charities by New York (N.Y.). Board of estimate and apportionment. Committee on inquiry into the Departments of health, charities, and Bellevue and allied hospitals, George McAneny, Henry Collier Wright (1913)
"Second Discharge I. PROCESS OF TRANSFER dependents discharged second time for
transfer 82 dependents who arrived at Farm Colony 67 dependents who failed to ..."
2. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1916)
"4 ,t :'1 increase to 1210, and the total number of dependents to 2044, or 277
per 100 fatal accidents leaving dependents, or 219 per 100 fatal accidents ..."
3. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"Care of dependents As women have become increasingly important members of the
American workforce, their husbands have become gradually more involved in ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"ET England, Atty. Gen., and Frank Lively, Asst Atty. Gen., for appellee. MILLER, P.
Petitioner on behall of the alleged dependents of Pietro ..."
5. Principles Governing the Retirement of Public Employees by Lewis Meriam (1918)
"If the number and the type of dependents are to be considered, ... If the system
is contributory and does not adjust the dependents amount of the ..."
6. Preventive Treatment of Neglected Children by Hastings Hornell Hart (1910)
"Floor Space for Officers (Square Feet per Officer) Institutions for dependents:
Minimum Maximum Average 17 Congregate Institutions . ..."
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