dependency

dependency
   1. a subject territory
   British imperial use for those distant parts of the globe ruled from London which were not dominions, colonies, or protectorates.
   2. an addiction to narcotics or alcohol
   The victim depends on regular ingestion:
    It is estimated that at least two million women have dependencies — addiction would be a better word — on prescriptive drugs. (Sanders, 1981)
    He was a Corkman, an alcoholic who, several months before, had spent some time in a treatment clinic for people with dependency problems. (O'Callaghan, 1998)

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