*dépenaillement, n.m., raggedness; faded appearance (of the face).
dépendamment (-da-mān), adv., (l.u.) dependently.
dépendance, n.f., dependence; appendage; out-house; offices; out-building. Être dans la — de quelqu’un; to be dependent on any one. Tenir quelqu’un dans la —; to keep any one in a state of dependancy.
dépendant, -e, adj., dependent. En —; (nav.) edging off.
dépendre, v.a., to take down; to unhang.
dépendre, v.n., to depend; to be dependent; to rest. Cela dépend de moi; that depends on, rests with, me.
dépens, n.m.pl., expense, cost. Vivre aux — d’autrui; to live at other people’s expense. Faire la guerre à ses —; to play a losing game. Il a gagné son procès avec —; (jur.) he gained his lawsuit with costs.
dépense, n.f., expense; expenditure; outlay, waste, flow; steward’s office; pantry. pl., supplies. Comité des —s; committee of supplies. De folles —s; extravagant expense. —s de bouche; living expenses. La — du ménage; household expense. Sa — excède ses revenus; his expenditure exceeds his income. Ne pas plaindre la —; not to spare expense. Faire de la —; to spend money. Faire la —; to do the housekeeping. Aimer la —; to like spending money.
dépenser, v.a., to spend, to expend; to consume; (b.s.) to waste. Il aime à —; he is fond of spending. Se —; to be spent.
dépensi-er, -ère, n., adj., extravagant person, spendthrift; extravagant.