(object-oriented programming) Design principle that states that (1) High- and low-level modules should both depend on abstractions and (2) instead of abstractions depending upon details, details should depend upon abstractions.

(computer science) Alternative spelling of case dependent

(banking) A bank deposit that may be withdrawn without notice.

(geography) The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

(obsolete, transitive, idiomatic) To resign; to part with.

A waiting room at an airport for those who are due to depart on a flight.

(databases) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

plural of dependency grammar

(grammar) Any of a class of grammars based on the dependency relation (as opposed to the constituency relation), in which words are interconnected by directed links, and the (finite) verb is regarded as the centre of clause structure.

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized by a dependence on others to take care of oneself and one's life.