dependent

Definition for dependent

adjective as in weak, helpless

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abased, clinging, counting on, debased, humbled, immature, indigent, lesser, relying on, tied to apron strings, under, under thumb, unsustaining

adjective as in contingent, determined by

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conditional, reliant, susceptible

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counting, reckoning, relative, subordinate

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accessory to, ancillary, appurtenant, controlled by, depending, incidental to, liable to, provisory, regulated by, relying, subject to, subservient, sustained by, trusting, under control of

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And it makes sense that this tendency will be particularly present at the beginning of a make-or-break period for retailers’ full year results — and given how dependent the entire economy is on consumers’ spending habits.

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