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dependents

noun as in clientele

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Social Security has made payments earned by American workers, their survivors and dependents for 85 years, without a break.

That figure encompassed 54.3 million retired workers, their spouses and their children, nearly 6 million survivors of deceased workers and more than 8.3 million disabled workers and their dependents.

Subsequent Conservative governments reduced the rights of people on work and student visas to bring dependents and those restrictions have been retained by Labour.

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More than a million Indians, including dependents, are currently waiting in employment-based green card categories.

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They’re also related to a worker’s personal and family situation — spouses, dependents, health and so on.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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