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DEPENDANT [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

One who depends upon or is sustained by another or relies on another for support.

OBS

The spelling "dependent" is more common in the United States of America, whereas "dependant" is the term used more frequently in Great Britain and Canada.

OBS

The term "dependant," when used as a noun as is the case here, is more frequently written with an "a".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
DEF

Personne qui dépend d'une autre pour sa subsistance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

A person, other than an employee, who resides with the employee at the employee's primary residence in that district, and is: 1. the employee's spouse or common-law partner; 2. a person whom the member is eligible to claim a tax credit under the Income Tax Act; or 3. a biological child, stepchild, adopted child, or legal ward of a member, who is unmarried and under 25 years of age, and is in full-time attendance at a recognized educational institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Personne, autre qu'un employé, qui habite en permanence avec l'employé à sa résidence principale dans le district et : 1. qui est le conjoint ou le conjoint de fait de l'employé; 2. à l'égard de laquelle le membre a le droit de réclamer un crédit d'impôt en vertu de la Loi sur l'impôt sur le revenu; ou 3. qui est un enfant naturel, un enfant issu d'une union antérieure du conjoint, un enfant adopté ou un pupille du membre, qui n'est pas marié et qui a moins de 25 ans, et qui fréquente à temps plein un établissement d'enseignement reconnu.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Sociology of the Family
DEF

A person that needs the help of someone else to take care of himself or herself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la médecine
  • Sociologie de la famille
CONT

Non seulement il faut prodiguer les soins à la personne dépendante (soins personnels, activités de la vie domestique, soins médicaux, surveillance, soutien psychosocial), mais il faut également assumer deux autres composantes importantes, souvent ignorées, qui sont la médiation avec la communauté et les ressources, ainsi que l’organisation et la coordination de la prise en charge.

Spanish

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