dependency vs shire

dependency

noun
  • A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power. 

  • Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component. 

  • A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. 

  • An external component whose functionality is relied on. 

  • Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else 

  • A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol. 

shire

noun
  • A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia. 

  • A shire horse. 

  • The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom. 

  • Physical area administered by a sheriff. 

  • Former administrative area of Britain; a county. 

verb
  • County Longford was shired in 1586 

  • To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties. 

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