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nondependent

nondependent

5.4
Not having people who rely on you for money or care
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.dɪˈpɛndənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no dependiente
  • For tax purposes, he is classified as a nondependent since he earns his own income.

Examples

  • When filing her tax return, she made sure to report her status as a nondependent to avoid confusion.

  • Because of such worries about the capacity of Canada to absorb alien cultures, and the growing backlog of applications for sponsorship at certain immigration offices, such as those in Rome, the Cabinet passed an order-in-council in 1959 to restrict the automatic admission of nondependent relatives.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The student was considered a nondependent because she supports herself with a part-time job.

Surface Forms

nondependent positive

Morphology

nondependent = dependent (transparent) = non + dependent

Built by prefixing 'non-' to the noun 'dependent' (a person who relies on another), so the meaning is the straightforward negation.

Etymology

Nondependent is simply non- ('not') plus dependent, from a root meaning 'to hang', as in pendulum. In forms or rules, a nondependent person is someone who does not 'hang' on another person for money or care, so they have no dependents.