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DEPENDANTS FURNITURE EFFECTS [1 record]

Record 1 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management
OBS

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

OBS

dependents, furniture and effects; DF&E: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • DFE
  • dependants, furniture and effects

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
OBS

personnes à charge, meubles et effets personnels; PM & E : terme et forme abrégée uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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