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dependency

Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛnd(ə)nsi/

Definition of dependency

noun (plural dependencies)

  • 1a country or province controlled by another: the islands became dependencies of Norway and Denmark
  • 2 [mass noun] dependence:the country’s dependency on the oil industry

dependency in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of dependency in the US English dictionary