Usually means: Depend on, rely upon something.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. rest on: Merriam-Webster
  2. rest on: Vocabulary.com
  3. rest on: Dictionary.com
  4. rest on: Rhymezone
  5. rest on: FreeDictionary.org
  6. rest on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. rest on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. rest on: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rest on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rest on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rest on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rest on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (rest on)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rest, on.
verb:  To depend on.

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