dependencies

noun, plural de·pend·en·cies.

1. the state of being dependent; dependence.
2. something dependent or subordinate; appurtenance.
3. an outbuilding or annex.
4. a subject territory that is not an integral part of the ruling country.

noun plural -cies

1. a territory subject to a state on which it does not border
2. a dependent or subordinate person or thing
3. psychol overreliance by a person on another person or on a drug, etc
4. another word for dependence

n.

“territories subordinate to another nation,” 1680s; see dependency.

1590s (adj.), 1610s (n.); see dependent + -cy. Originally also dependancy, on the French model, but the Latinate form gradually pushed this into disuse; see -ance. Meaning “territory subordinate to another nation” is recorded from 1680s.