dependant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·pend·ant [dependant dependants] BrE [dɪˈpendənt] NAmE [dɪˈpendənt] (BrE, CanE) (also de·pend·ent NAmE, BrE) noun
a person, especially a child, who depends on another person for a home, food, money, etc
•Married women receive only the basic pension as their husband's dependant.
See also: ↑dependent

Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a dependency): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from’, present participle of dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out, qualified