reliance
pronunciation
How to pronounce reliance in British English:
UK [rɪˈlaɪəns]
How to pronounce reliance in American English:
US [rɪˈlaɪəns]
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- Noun:
- certainty based on past experience
- the state of relying on something
Word Origin
- reliance (n.)
- c. 1600, from rely + -ance.
Example
- 1. Can barclays reduce its reliance on the investment bank ?
- 2. Heavy reliance on imported oil has proved economically perilous .
- 3. That means reliance on gambling revenues can worsen deficits .
- 4. Reliance on short-term loans from the ecb is worryingly high .
- 5. The old reliance on manufacturing exports looks broken .